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A '''photograph''' or '''photo''' is an [[image]] created by [[light]] falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic medium such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.

== Description ==

Most photographs are created using a [[camera]], which uses a [[lens]] to focus the scene's visible [[Visible spectrum|wavelengths of light]] into a reproduction of what the human eye would see.

The process and practice of creating photographs is called [[photography]].

The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή ('''graphê'''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light".

== See also ==

* [[Aerial photography]]
* [[Archival science]]
* [[Director of Photography]]
* [[Hand-colouring of photographs]]
* [[Image]]
* [[Largest photographs in the world]]
* [[Light]]
* [[Photograph stability]]
* [[Photography]]
* [[Pseudo-photograph]]
* [[Slide show]]
* [[Visible spectrum]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photograph Photograph] @ Wikipedia.org

[[Category:Art]]
[[Category:Light]]
[[Category:Visual arts]]

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