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TABLETOP PHOTOGRAPHY [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Photography of subject matter which can be contained within the area of a table top, e.g. small scale models of buildings, parts of a machine or still life studies in general.

OBS

Typically a short focus lens (3 or 4 in focal length) is used to achieve natural perspective in the photograph. Glass sheets illuminated from below are sometimes used as the table top when the subject is, for example, an aircraft model.

Key term(s)
  • table-top photography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

[...] photographie [effectuées] en studio [et] qui consiste à réaliser des prises de vues de miniatures disposées sur une table.

OBS

Un objet est présenté dans un cadre nouveau, artificiel, dont les dimensions, l'importance et la signification peuvent être très éloignées de la réalité, contrairement aux natures mortes.

Spanish

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