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  2. Photography and the law - Wikipedia

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    Taking a photograph in a court can be seen as a serious offence, leading to a prison sentence. [ 16][ 17] The prohibition on taking photographs in the precincts is vague. It was designed to prevent the undermining of the dignity of the court, through the exploitation of images in low brow "picture papers".

  3. Streisand effect - Wikipedia

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    Streisand effect. The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information. The effect is named for American singer and actress Barbra Streisand, whose attorney's attempt in 2003 to suppress the publication of a photograph showing ...

  4. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [ 1] There can be considerable dispute as to whether individual early photographs actually show a dead person or not, often ...

  5. Take a Picture (Filter song) - Wikipedia

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    "Take a Picture" is a song by American rock band Filter, released to radio in September 1999 as the second single from their second studio album, Title of Record (1999). The song became a hit at the start of 2000 following its January 18 retail release, peaking at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three in Canada.

  6. Spirit photography - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Spirit photograph by Édouard Isidore Buguet. Spirit photography (also called ghost photography) is a type of photography whose primary goal is to capture images of ghosts and other spiritual entities, especially in ghost hunting. It dates back to the late 19th century.

  7. List of selfie-related injuries and deaths - Wikipedia

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    1. Transport. A 24-year-old groom was killed and his bride seriously injured when the newly-wed couple tried to take a selfie on the railway track at Kahawa, in the Southern Province. According to eyewitnesses, the couple had ignored warning signals given by the people in the area saying that the train was coming.

  8. Ambiguous image - Wikipedia

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    Research has shown that people that are more creative in their imagery are better able to resolve ambiguous images. This may be due to their ability to quickly identify patterns in the image. [ 13 ] When making a mental representation of an ambiguous image, in the same way as normal images, each part is defined and then put onto the mental ...

  9. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    Original form. "A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed." Coined by. Henrik Ibsen. " A picture is worth a thousand words " is an adage in multiple languages meaning that complex and sometimes multiple ideas [ 1] can be conveyed by a single still image, which conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than ...