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photograph

vr.tr.photograph · INF.MED

Let an agent explain photographs as records and works, support taking, editing, preserving and using photographs, describe copyright, privacy and authenticity issues, and identify notable photographs with sources.

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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 explain photographs as records and works, support taking, editing, preserving and using photographs, describe copyright, privacy and authenticity issues, and identify notable photographs with sources.

An image created by recording light or other radiation on a sensitive surface or sensor, including film negatives and prints, digital photographs, X-ray images, photomicrographs and montages, used as records, art, evidence, journalism and personal memory; photographs are governed by copyright, privacy and evidential rules and are preserved in archives and collections.

What it is for: Images recorded by light.

It can be explain kinds of photograph; support taking and preserving photographs; describe copyright, privacy and authenticity; identify notable photographs.

Distinguishing features

Light-recorded

Record and artwork

Reproducible

Legally regulated

What it looks like

Prints, negatives, slides and digital image files.

How it is recognised

Image recorded from light or radiation

Film or digital

A painting or drawing is made by hand

Related models

is a kind of - category

visual work

is a kind of - category

record

is related to - optical focus in cameras

focus

is related to - photographers

visual artist

In practice

Families and kinds

film photographs including negatives and prints

digital photographs

scientific and medical images such as X-rays and photomicrographs

documentary and news photographs

art and montage photographs

Standards and regulation

Copyright and moral rights

Privacy and data protection for images of people

Archival and metadata standards

Failure modes and hazards

Manipulated or fabricated images

Privacy violations

Loss of originals and metadata

Also called

original camera negativeFlat Daddyx-ray imageOffensive photosmontage of photographsphotomicrographPublicity photoaerial photographphotograph of the artworkphotographic workstaged photographdye diffusion transfer printgay erotic photographychlorophyll printlenticular photographsolarization photographcard photographcolor transparencydetail shotcased photographfamily photographchlorobromide photographcollodion photographdigital photographCollecting photographystereo photographchronophotographsinkjet printartificial light photographymicrophotographhistorical photographmanipulated photographphotograph of a paintingcolor photographphotograph preservationspace photographycalotypestage photographystereoscopic viewspalladium print

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

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

Make Taking photographs.

Practice.

Technique

Photography basics.

Technique

Technique.

  1. How can exposure, focus, composition and light be controlled to make better photographs? action
  2. Which entry fits cameras or photography as an art? action

Edit

Editing and formats.

Edit

Editing.

  1. How should photographs be edited, stored and formatted for different uses? action
  2. What are original camera negatives and raw files? definition
Rights Copyright, privacy and use.

Law.

Copyright

Ownership and use.

Copyright

Copyright.

  1. Who owns the copyright in a photograph, and how can photographs be used and licensed lawfully? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking legal advice on a specific case? boundary

Privacy

Photographing people.

Privacy

Privacy.

  1. Which privacy and consent rules apply to photographing people, especially children, and to sharing images? provenance
  2. Is the request seeking to share intimate or offensive images without consent, which must be declined? boundary
Verify Authenticity and evidence.

Trust.

Authenticity

Detecting manipulation.

Authenticity

Authenticity.

  1. How can the authenticity and provenance of a photograph be assessed, including manipulation and synthetic images? action
  2. Which tools and standards help? provenance

Evidence

Photographs as evidence.

Evidence

Evidence.

  1. How are photographs and medical images used as evidence and records, and which rules apply? provenance
  2. Which entry fits X-ray imaging? action
Preserve Archives and history.

Context.

Preserve

Preserving photographs.

Preserve

Preservation.

  1. How should prints, negatives and digital photographs be preserved and catalogued? provenance
  2. Which archives hold photographic collections? provenance

History

History and notable photographs.

History

History.

  1. How did photography develop, and which photographs are historically notable? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific photograph? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each photographic process be a separate entry?
  • How should archives be linked?
  • How should authenticity tools be linked?
Draft as JSON