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Research draft

photography

vr.tr.photography · ACT.ACT

Let an agent handle photography by genre, technique, equipment, rights, consent and image integrity.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle photography by genre, technique, equipment, rights, consent and image integrity.

The art, practice and technology of creating images by recording light, chemically on film or electronically with digital sensors, used in art, journalism, science, documentation and everyday life.

What it is for: Recording, expressing, documenting and communicating visually.

It can be choose equipment and settings; compose and expose images; edit and archive photos; respect consent and copyright.

Distinguishing features

Images made by recording light

Film or digital

Many genres

Consent and rights apply to people and works

What it looks like

Cameras, lenses, prints, screens and archives of images.

How it is recognised

Genres such as portrait, landscape, documentary

Techniques such as multiple exposure

Metadata such as EXIF

Related models

is a kind of - category

visual arts and activity

uses - equipment

camera

produces - output

photograph

is protected by - law

copyright and image rights

In practice

Families and kinds

portrait and fashion photography

documentary and photojournalism

landscape and nature photography

scientific and technical photography

fine-art and experimental photography

Standards and regulation

Copyright law

Privacy and image rights law

Drone and airspace rules for aerial photography

Photojournalism ethics codes

Failure modes and hazards

Photographing people without consent

Misleading manipulation

Location leaks in metadata

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.photography-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Practice Taking photos.

Technique shapes images.

Genre

Kind of work.

Genre

Genre.

  1. Which genre of photography is it? definition
  2. What is its purpose? definition

Technique

Exposure and composition.

Technique

Technique.

  1. Which settings and techniques suit this shot? action
  2. What equipment is needed? definition
Rights Consent and copyright.

Rights govern images.

Consent

People in photos.

Consent

Consent.

  1. Was consent obtained from identifiable people, especially children? boundary
  2. Which privacy rules apply? provenance

Copyright

Ownership.

Copyright

Copyright.

  1. Who owns the copyright? provenance
  2. Under which licence can it be used? provenance
Integrity Editing and truth.

Images can mislead.

Editing

Manipulation.

Editing

Editing.

  1. What edits were made? provenance
  2. Do they change the meaning? boundary

Provenance

Origin.

Provenance

Provenance.

  1. Where and when was the photo taken, and by whom? provenance
  2. Is it AI-generated or composited? boundary
Care Archives and metadata.

Photos need preservation.

Archive

Storage.

Archive

Archiving.

  1. How should photos be stored and backed up? action
  2. How should prints be preserved? action

Metadata

Privacy.

Metadata

Metadata.

  1. Should location metadata be removed before sharing? boundary
  2. Is captioning accurate? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should genres be separate entries?
  • How should image provenance be recorded?
  • How should AI-generated images be marked?