Photograph
A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating photographs is called photography. The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light".
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Famous quotes containing the word photograph:
“To photograph is to confer importance.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.”
—Diane Arbus (1923–1971)
“A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)