photography

art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation
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photography

Summary

photography is an artistic technique[1]. photography ranks in the top 3% of artistic_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,225 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • photography is credited with the discovery of Thomas Wedgwood[3].
  • photography's instance of is recorded as artistic technique[4].
  • photography's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • photography's instance of is recorded as type of arts[6].
  • photography's instance of is recorded as hobby[7].
  • photography's instance of is recorded as industry[8].
  • photography is a type of activity[9].
  • photography is part of lens-based visual arts[10].
  • photography is used for economic profit[11].
  • photography is used for pleasure[12].
  • photography is used for information exchange[13].
  • photography's Commons category is recorded as Photography[14].
  • photography's country of origin is recorded as England[15].
  • photography's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1800[16].
  • photography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Photography[17].
  • photography's Commons gallery is recorded as Photography[18].
  • photography's product or material produced is recorded as photograph[19].
  • photography's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Photography[20].
  • photography's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • photography's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • photography's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • photography's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • photography's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[25].
  • photography's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26].
  • photography's topic has template is recorded as Template:Photography[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include artistic technique[4], academic discipline[5], type of arts[6], hobby[7], and industry[8]. photography is a type of activity[9].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include economic profit[11], pleasure[12], and information exchange[13]. photography is part of lens-based visual arts[10].

Influence

Things named for photography include 443 Photographica[28], an asteroid[29] and .photography[30], a generic top-level domain[31], founded in 2013[32].

Why It Matters

photography ranks in the top 3% of artistic_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,225 views/month).[2] photography has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] photography is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for photography include 443 Photographica[28], an asteroid[29] and .photography[30], a generic top-level domain[31], founded in 2013[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Mastodon instance url https://photog.social
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