Staged photography

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Staged photography is a form of photography where the photographer, like a director, stages everything in advance to have full control over how their idea is visualized. Although the staging of a photograph was already common in the early days of photography, it was not distinguished as a separate genre until the 1980s,^[1] when some photographers began to establish themselves as conceptual artists.

In contrast to, for example, candid shots or street photography, in staged photography, little is left to chance. The photographer's role is also not that of an objective observer who documents what is happening around him. After all, according to this view, a photo is not a realistic representation of a fleeting moment, but a creation of the photographer's imagination; the photographer tries to create a new reality with his work.^{[citation needed]} Post-processing also plays an important role in the creation of a conceptual photo. ^{[citation needed]} For example, elements of different images can be superimposed and next to each other. Practitioners of this genre often work in a studio, or seek out a special location to take their photos.^{[citation needed]}