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2. Portrait photography - Wikipedia

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   Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. [ 1 ] A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. [ 1 ] Frequently, portraits are commissioned for special occasions, such as weddings, school events, or ...

3. Platon (photographer) - Wikipedia

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   Platon was born on 20 April 1968 in Greece. His father (Jim Antoniou) was a Greek architect and illustrator and his mother is an art historian. [1][2] Platon is currently married and has two children. [2] He was raised in Greece and moved to England at the age of 8. [2] Platon studied graphic design at Saint Martin's School of Art where he ...

4. Annie Leibovitz - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 September 2024. American photographer (born 1949) Annie Leibovitz Leibovitz in 2008 Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz (1949-10-02) October 2, 1949 (age 74) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. Education San Francisco Art Institute Occupations Photographer visual artist Partner(s) Susan Sontag (1989–2004; Sontag's ...

5. Page orientation - Wikipedia

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   Page orientation is the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing. The two most common types of orientation are portrait and landscape. [1] The term "portrait orientation" comes from visual art terminology and describes the dimensions used to capture a person's face and upper body in a picture; in such images, the height of ...

6. Fine-art photography - Wikipedia

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   Fine-art photography is photography created in line with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion. This stands in contrast to representational photography, such as photojournalism, which provides a documentary ...

7. History of photography - Wikipedia

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   View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light [2].