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Photography In Palestine
Photography has been used as an important medium to document the lives and culture of the Palestinian people. In the early history of photography, Palestine was one of the first places outside Europe to be photographed extensively. History Around 1860, a school for teaching photography was established in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The founder was an Armenian amateur photographer named Yessai Garabedian, a priest who had moved to the city from Anatolia to become the archivist at St. James Armenian Church. Karimeh Abbud, thought to be the first Arab woman photographer working in the region and the first woman professional photographer to offer services to the public. Her advertisement published in '' al-Karmel'' sometime in 1932 states that she is the "only national female photographer". Early twentieth century Palestinian life is richly documented by photographers in this period. A key figure is Wasif Jawhariyyeh (1904–1972), who collated nine hundred images to cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photography
Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication. A person who operates a camera to capture or take Photograph, photographs is called a photographer, while the captured image, also known as a photograph, is the result produced by the camera. Typically, a lens is used to focus (optics), focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed Exposure (photography), exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an Charge-coupled device, electrical charge at each pixel, which is Image processing, electro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
