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a slice of time you murdered and framed before it could escape.
means A still image of a scene or subject, captured by recording light onto a light-sensitive surface or sensor.
from Coined in the 1830s from Greek roots: phos, photos meaning 'light,' joined to graphe, 'drawing' or 'writing' — literally 'drawing with light.' The term is usually credited to Sir John Herschel, who popularized it in the early days of the medium, when an image was indeed a kind of writing made by sunlight itself.
first survivorOldest one took eight hours to expose, 1826.
silver thiefEarly film owed everything to light-sensitive silver crystals.
word rootsGreek for drawing with light, literally.
camera obscuraArtists traced projected images centuries before chemistry caught up.
trillion clubHumans now snap over a trillion photos yearly.