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16 Digital Imaging & Photography

Michael Scott Sheerin, M.S.*

Abstract

or the past couple of decades, digital photography has been by far the most popular visual medium. But the way we capture the images has changed. This chapter looks back at the history of photography from its camera obscura analog beginnings, through the advent of digital photography, and into the current state of the medium. Light-field photography, lens-less cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) software are some of the newer innovations that are starting ...

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