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Before cameras, we relied heavily on _______________ to capture moments in time.

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Long before traditional cameras, people employed camera obscuras. Images projected using this natural phenomenon were larger than normal but inverted. Functionally, it was like our modern projectors. Some artists would use the projected image as a guide or even trace the image, much like a lightbox.

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paintings / drawings
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