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amateur photography

photography practiced by those not professionally trained or those who do not take photographs for profit
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amateur photography

Summary

amateur photography is a photography genre[1]. It draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (photography_genre category, ranking #38 of 60).[2]

Key Facts

  • amateur photography's instance of is recorded as photography genre[3].
  • amateur photography's instance of is recorded as skill[4].
  • amateur photography is a type of amateurism[5].
  • amateur photography is a type of photography[6].
  • amateur photography is the opposite of professional photography[7].
  • amateur photography's partially coincident with is recorded as spotting hobby[8].
  • amateur photography's different from is recorded as vernacular photography[9].
  • amateur photography's practiced by is recorded as amateur photographer[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include photography genre[3] and skill[4]. Recorded subclass of include amateurism[5] and photography[6]. amateur photography is the opposite of professional photography[7].

Why It Matters

amateur photography draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (photography_genre category, ranking #38 of 60).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → amateurism, photography
    Aliases → —
    Different from → vernacular photography
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0271937-amaterska-fotografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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