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Instantaneous photographs

Scope note

Use for early photographs (beginning about 1860) that did not need long exposure times, thus being able to capture figures in motion; often showing city street scenes.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000134966

Equivalent Terms used

instantaneous photograph

Created

12yrs ago

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