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Quick Facts
- Photography is from Greek meaning "drawing with light" The technology of film was developed by George Eastman in 1884
- Gabriel Lippman introduced the method of color photography
- The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Clerk Maxwell
- The first color plate Autochrome was by the French Lumiere brothers
Expert summary
Photography can be defined as the art of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium like a film or an electronic sensor. During photography, light patterns reflected or emitted from objects expose a sensitive silver halide based chemical or electronic medium for a short period of exposure, through a photographic lens of a camera. The camera stores the resultant information chemically or electronically. Photography has various uses and it has become one of the essential and inevitable processes for business and career. It is also pursued for pleasure. Photography is the base of two of the most advanced fields in business—fashion and advertising.
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