Photography

    The outdated definition of photography in an ancient and mighty heavy copy of the Shorter Oxford English Dicionary (first published in 1933).

    Photography. 1893. The process or art of producing pictures by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film on a basis of paper, glass, metal, etc.

    Explore: 2007/01/11
    Interestingness: #77

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    1. ★

      Mario 2R's, Mrs. Coulter, McAlex, C Guest, and 39 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Mario 2R's (66 months ago | reply)

      Uma boa lição de história (e de química), e uma fotografia lindíssima!

    3. Gunnar.Svedberg [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

      great idea! good job.

    4. Ed from Ohio (66 months ago | reply)

      Cool shot--I like the use of the magnifying glass!
      TWTME

    5. ptessier [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

      nicely done! very creative.

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    6. Mrs. Coulter (66 months ago | reply)

      Very original. I love the composition.

    7. McAlex (66 months ago | reply)

      Very scholarly. Great shot!

    8. C Guest (66 months ago | reply)

      I like it.

    9. Indy ana [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)

      Very attractive contrast and pattern. I love small print...

    10. ribizlifozelek (66 months ago | reply)

      Awesome macro shot.
      Hm, the wo(l)rd is chanching...

      1-2-3 History

    11. thiagokunz (66 months ago | reply)

      Adorei a idéia, claro que a composição ficou excelente. As linhas do dicionário tomaram outra direção.
      GLOBAL VILLAGE
      GLOBAL VILLAGE

    12. horstgeorg (66 months ago | reply)

      GLOBAL VILLAGE
      Global village

    13. lou & magoo (66 months ago | reply)

      GLOBAL VILLAGE
      Global village

    14. Cherry Moon (66 months ago | reply)

      WOW! Excellent image!

      I love the old world explanation of photography. Could you imagine what they'd think if we told them back then that photography now includes images captured on a tiny card and inserted into a machine which "reads" the card? *lol*

      Yeah!

    15. Hylda_H (66 months ago | reply)

      Very different from other shots in 1-2-3- History. Congrats. This attracts attention!

    16. obni (66 months ago | reply)

      Superbe réalisation ! J'aime beaucoup

    17. BrittanyS (66 months ago | reply)

      Talk about a different perspective! Though I must say this picture makes me a little more wary of growing old and having to use magnifying glasses to actually decipher text.

    18. Robert Silverwood (66 months ago | reply)

      Nice idea, neatly done.

      Seen in 1-2-3 History (?)

    19. Matthias Hilf (66 months ago | reply)

      'Photography' On Black

      THIS WAS MY FAVORITE AT (5 FOR 2)

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    20. lo712002 (66 months ago | reply)

      great idea!!!
      ** From the P1F1P1F1 group**

    21. JakeBrewer (66 months ago | reply)

      Brilliant! I love your creativity in your set ups...

      Truly excellent work.

    22. James Rye (66 months ago | reply)

      Great idea and execution.

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    23. elle_rigby (65 months ago | reply)

      Love the idea.

      I saw this in the 10+ Faves group and Faved it.

    24. doctian (65 months ago | reply)

      very creative composition.

    25. Bulsti (65 months ago | reply)

      Nice concept!

    26. a régi fotóim (64 months ago | reply)

      bravo! felho

    27. LuísLx [deleted] (64 months ago | reply)

      Boas ideias fazem boas fotos!

    28. J Kresve (63 months ago | reply)

      I believe that the definition is effective. Not to stop being a reproduction in a surface properly prepared, or with red of printer or another support, but the end is obtained with chemistry. no?

    29. Phake (58 months ago | reply)

      This could be a great definition for our group The Dictionary of image

    30. lo712002 (53 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Bright Star Shot (post 1 - award 5), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    31. Xosé Castro (53 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Magnifying glass. Magnifier. Lupa. Lupe. Lente d'ingrandimento., and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    32. VuNguyen87 (52 months ago | reply)

      That's Awesome
      Shows Great Picture

    33. WhatEver_Youu_LikeE <3 (44 months ago | reply)

      o thats madness
      great idea
      i have done sum similar
      sorry i a random
      haha

      xx

    34. theodordh (39 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Great stock shots, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    35. Agatha B. (27 months ago | reply)

      Really creative :D

    36. aallienewtonn (26 months ago | reply)

      great photo

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