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Mark Adrian Encilay

Photography is derived from Greek words meaning 'to draw with light' and encompasses the art, science, and technology of capturing images. As an art, it involves taking pictures; as a science, it studies image duplication through light on sensitized materials; and as technology, it focuses on image reproduction using cameras and chemical processes. The document outlines these definitions and aspects of photography.

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Mark Adrian Encilay

Photography is derived from Greek words meaning 'to draw with light' and encompasses the art, science, and technology of capturing images. As an art, it involves taking pictures; as a science, it studies image duplication through light on sensitized materials; and as technology, it focuses on image reproduction using cameras and chemical processes. The document outlines these definitions and aspects of photography.

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MARK ADRIAN ENCILAY

FORENSIC 1D

Photography is derive from the Greek word, “photo or phos” which means light and “graphy, graphos or
graphien”, which means to draw or write. Thus literally, photography means “to draw with light”.

Photograph refers to the chemical, mechanical or electronic product of photography.

In technical aspect Photography is defined as follows:

1. As an Art
- Photography is the art of taking pictures. (claro)
2. As a Science
- Photography is the study concerning the duplication of images through the action of light,
upon sensitized materials (photographic paper or film) with aid of mechanical device
(camera) and its accessories, and the chemical process (film developing and printing)
involved therein. (Agas and claro)
3. As a technology
- Photography is the technology geared towards the reproduction of images by using the
action of light on a sensitive surface (photographic film) with the help of an image forming
device (camera) and the chemical process (developing and printing) involved therein. (claro)

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