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This sketch depicts a Magic Lantern show from the 1890s, where a projector was used to entertain an audience.. Source: www.thequietus.com
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Projecting the Past

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A US Airforce pilot took this image which shows a Dragonfly preparing for a low-level firing mission at dawn. Photograph/Sergeant Bob Simons
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Up, Up and Away!

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A Sequential Record of Madness

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Shot indoors, in the illumination of flash powder, this is one of many of Jacob’s photographs that documented life and culture in New York, in the late 1800s. Photograph/Jacob Riis
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Let There Be… Flash!

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This 1658 painting titled The Milkmaid was done by Johannes Vermeer—one of the greatest Dutch painters who was rumoured to have used the camera obscura for his paintings. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
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The Magic Kamra

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A Moment of Triumph

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This is a prisoner portrait of Alphonse Capone, better known as Scarface, who was arguably America’s most famous gangster. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
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Prisoner Diaries

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Photograph/Félix Nadar Image Source/Wikimedia Commons
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The Photographer’s Divine Muse

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The Origin of the Word ‘Pixel’

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This action-packed photograph of a baseball match is one of the most famous sports photographs of all time. Photograph/Charles Conlon. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
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The Human Spirit

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Photograph/Arnold Genthe; Image Source:Wikimedia Commons
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Earthquake, Fire and a Photograph

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Camera Managed to Capture Light Emitted 12 Billion Years Ago!

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On April 19 2014, light from around 12 billion years ago was photographed.

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