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Photography

사진

Recording an image by focusing light through a lens onto film or a sensor over a timed exposure.

01About

A photograph taken on film is first developed into a negative, which is then exposed onto photographic paper in a darkroom, usually enlarged, to make a positive print; a digital camera turns the light into a file instead. The exposure time decides how time appears in a photograph: a fast shutter freezes motion, while in a long exposure still buildings stay sharp, car lights draw streaks, and passers-by who are there only briefly disappear. Long exposures are easiest in low light. Rut Blees Luxemburg, born in Germany and based in London, photographs the city at night with long exposures, using only the light from street lamps and office blocks. Prints made by inkjet with pigment inks, often labelled pigment print or giclée, resist fading better than those made with dye inks.

02In the gallery

Find the things in the picture that move: water, clouds, car lights, people. Are they sharp, blurred, or gone?

Wall label terms in Korean

노출
Exposure
장노출
Long exposure
네거티브
Negative
피그먼트 프린트
Pigment print

03Notes

Did this photograph capture an instant, or a stretch of time?

04Related

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