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  2. List of photographs considered the most important - Wikipedia

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    First Digital Photo: 1957 Russell Kirsch: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States Photo composite of two binary scans [s 2] [s 4] Elizabeth Eckford: 1957 Will Counts: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Eckford as one of the Little Rock Nine who faced opposition while attending a formerly segregated high school. [s 2] [s 4] [s 7]

  3. 100 Photographs that Changed the World - Wikipedia

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    [1] Pictures nominated by the public were reviewed by editors who then compiled 100 photographs that they felt portrayed technological photographic achievements, documented historic events and accomplishments or have achieved iconic cultural and, symbolic status. [1]

  4. Candid photography - Wikipedia

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    To capture candid photos, the photographer may need to observe the subject from a distance or use a long lens or telephoto zoom lens. This allows for capturing the subject in their natural environment without them being aware of the camera. The photographer may need to be quick and have an eye for interesting compositions and backgrounds.

  5. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings - Wikipedia

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    Directory of featured pictures Animals · Artwork · Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle · Currency · Diagrams, drawings, and maps · Engineering and technology · Food and drink · Fungi · History · Natural phenomena · People · Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment · Places · Plants · Sciences · Space · Vehicles · Other ...

  6. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    The modern use of the phrase is generally attributed to Fred R. Barnard. Barnard wrote this phrase in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink, promoting the use of images in advertisements that appeared on the sides of streetcars. [6] The December 8, 1921, issue carries an ad entitled, "One Look is Worth A Thousand Words."

  7. Iron John: A Book About Men - Wikipedia

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    Bly used Jungian psychology applied to myths, legends, and fairy tales to analyze Iron John, so as to find lessons especially meaningful to men and the men's movement. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Bly believed that the fairy tale of Iron John contained lessons from the past of great importance to modern men, which could provide positive images of masculinity ...

  8. Image analysis - Wikipedia

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    Image analysis or imagery analysis is the extraction of meaningful information from images; mainly from digital images by means of digital image processing techniques. [1] Image analysis tasks can be as simple as reading bar coded tags or as sophisticated as identifying a person from their face .

  9. Portrait painting - Wikipedia

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    Also affecting the quality of the images, was the switch from wood to canvas, starting in Italy in the early part of the 16th century and spreading to Northern Europe over the next century. Canvas resists cracking better than wood, holds pigments better, and needs less preparation―but it was initially much scarcer than wood.