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  2. André Kertész - Wikipedia

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    In 1933 Kertész was commissioned for the series, Distortion, about 200 photographs of Najinskaya Verackhatz and Nadia Kasine, two models portrayed nude and in various poses, with their reflections caught in a combination of distortion mirrors, similar to a carnival's house of mirrors. In some photographs, only certain limbs or features were ...

  3. Perspective distortion - Wikipedia

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    In the 20th century, perspective distortion expanded into photography and modern art, with wide-angle and telephoto lenses creating exaggerated or compressed views. Photographers like André Kertész used distortion to evoke emotional or psychological responses, while surrealists like Salvador Dalí distorted perspective to challenge reality ...

  4. Lens flare - Wikipedia

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    Lens flare on Borobudur stairs to enhance the sense of ascending. A lens flare is often deliberately used to invoke a sense of drama. A lens flare is also useful when added to an artificial or modified image composition because it adds a sense of realism, implying that the image is an un-edited original photograph of a "real life" scene.

  5. History of photographic lens design - Wikipedia

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    This distortion was a pressing problem as architecture was an important photography subject early on. [ 1 ] : 49–50 In addition, photographs of exotic places (especially in stereoscope form [ 10 ] ) were a popular means to see the world from the comfort of one's home – the picture postcard is a mid-19th century invention. [ 11 ]

  6. Aerial photographic and satellite image interpretation

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    Distortion refers to any change in an object's or region's location on an aerial photo that modifies its original features and shapes. [2] It usually appears near the picture's border. [2] There are two causes of distortion. The first one is the tilt and tip of a plane. [4] When the aircraft is rising or descending it produces a tip. [4]

  7. Distortion (optics) - Wikipedia

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    In geometric optics, distortion is a deviation from rectilinear projection; a projection in which straight lines in a scene remain straight in an image.It is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations such as spherical aberration, coma, chromatic aberration, field curvature, and astigmatism in a sense that these impact the image sharpness without changing an ...

  8. Anamorphosis - Wikipedia

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    The deformed picture relies on laws regarding angles of incidence of reflection. The length of the flat drawing's curves are reduced when viewed in a curved mirror, such that the distortions resolve into a recognizable picture. Unlike perspective anamorphosis, catoptric images can be viewed from many angles.

  9. John Clang - Wikipedia

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    Clang was born Ang Choon Leng (汪春龙) in Singapore. He earned his nickname while in National Service in Singapore as his badge read "C L Ang". At the age of 17, he enrolled in Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore to study fine arts but left after six months to assist the fine-art photographer Chua Soo Bin, who received the Cultural Medallion in 1988.