Photogenic
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A photogenic subject (generally a person), is a subject that usually appears physically attractive or striking in photographs, regardless of their physical appearance in real life. Photogenic drawing, coined by William Fox Talbot, also describes the earliest method for recording camera images.
A person described as being photogenic may not necessarily be particularly attractive in real life. Often, a person who appears attractive in real life may look less attractive in photographs.
One explanation for the fact that attractive people are not always photogenic is that part of their attractiveness may be due to the charisma they bear in real life due to the way they move, express, and behave themselves. While this will positively influence the subjective appearance of that person in real life, a still photograph usually fails to reproduce these attributes, possibly rendering a picture of the person less attractive than the real-life perception and contributing to classify that person as less photogenic.
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[edit] Media uses
Describing a person as being photogenic or not is a matter of opinion. Hollywood marriages may consist of photogenic persons who appear on magazine covers with the intent of public promotion for both parties.[1] In fact, nearly all modern well-known people in the media may be considered photogenic.
[edit] Alternative meanings
In biology, a photogenic or photocyte produces or emits light, such as phosphorescent.
Photogenic epilepsy is a reflex epilepsy caused by flickering light.
