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theft of light so polite you thank the thief and frame the loot
means The art and practice of capturing images by recording light, usually onto film or a digital sensor, to make a lasting picture.
from Built from Greek roots that say exactly what it does: phōs, phōtos, "light," joined to graphein, "to draw or write." So the word literally means "drawing with light" — the same graphein that gives us writing, graphics, and a whole family of -graphy crafts. The term was coined in the 19th century as the technology emerged, sitting neatly beside cousins like telegraph ("far-writing") and photograph itself, the single picture the practice produces.
- first photo
- 1826 view took eight hours to expose
- camera obscura
- known to Aristotle, ancestor of every lens
- word meaning
- Greek for drawing with light
- daguerreotype craze
- swept Paris within months of its 1839 reveal
- shutter speed
- some cameras freeze a millionth of a second
magnum photos — cooperative agency founded 1947 by henri cartier-bresson, robert capa, and others
ansel adams — photographer who created the zone system and documented yosemite from 1920s-1980s
national geographic — magazine founded 1888 that defined documentary photography with photographers like steve winter
world press photo — annual awards started 1955 recognizing the year's best photojournalism