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Why Is Photography Important In An Artifact?

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Photography is an essential component to archeology as it acts as a tool to archaeologist to tell a story on what is happening in the archaeological site or with an artifact. On the photography work, a shiny ceramic vessel was used as a reflective object. It was among the hardest objects to deal with as it required a lot of attention on making sure that an extreme amount of light reflection and the surrounding object is minimized. This object was chosen because of its challenges and it was the only object that was found interesting to do. The objectives were to expose the broken part, the scar at the bottom of the vessel and the tiny lines like cracks that can be seen on the surface of the object. As it was required to have the object on

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