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Photograph
Image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Photos" redirects here. For the Apple application, see Photos (Apple). For the Microsoft application, see Microsoft Photos. For other uses, see Photograph (disambiguation).
For the technique, see Photography.
A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are now created using a smartphone or 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 such images is called photography.
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