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Is photography art?

Photography is a perfect combination of technology and art, which plays a great role in social life and development. Photography is the perfect combination of technology and art. As a plastic art, it is indispensable in modern life and an attractive and potential art form.

The word photography comes from the Greek word Φ φφ_ _ phos (light) and ραφχgraphics (painting and sketch) or ραφ_ graphφ, which together mean "painting with light". Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment. Generally, we take photos with mechanical cameras or digital cameras. Sometimes photography is also called photography, that is, the process of exposing a photosensitive medium by using the light emitted or reflected by an object.