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  2. Matt Black (photographer) - Wikipedia

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    Matt Black. W. Eugene Smith Grant. [3] Matt Black (born 1970) is an American documentary photographer whose work has focused on issues of poverty, migration, and the environment. He is a full member of Magnum Photos. [4] Black's first book, American Geography, was published in 2021 and was exhibited at Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany. [5]

  3. Shades of black - Wikipedia

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    In color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black. It decreases its lightness while nearly conserving its chromaticity. Strictly speaking, a "shade of black" is always a pure black itself and a "tint of black" would be a neutral gray. In practice, many off-black colors possess a hue and a colorfulness (also called saturation).

  4. Mate (drink) - Wikipedia

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    Pre-Columbian era. First European written record by Spanish colonizers in the 15th century. Mate or maté [a] ( / ˈmɑːteɪ / MAH-tay, Spanish: [ˈmate], Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]) is a traditional South American caffeine -rich infused herbal drink. It is also known as chimarrão [b] or cimarrón, [c] and ka’ay in Guarani. [2]

  5. Matte - Wikipedia

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    Matte (filmmaking), filmmaking and video production technology. Matte painting, a process of creating sets used in film and video. Matte box, a camera accessory for controlling lens glare. Open matte, a filming technique that involves matting out the top and bottom of the film frame in the movie projector.

  6. Dark matter - Wikipedia

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    History Early history. The hypothesis of dark matter has an elaborate history. In the appendices of the book Baltimore lectures on molecular dynamics and the wave theory of light where the main text was based on a series of lectures given in 1884, Lord Kelvin discussed the potential number of stars around the Sun from the observed velocity dispersion of the stars near the Sun, assuming that ...

  7. Black Lives Matter - Wikipedia

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    A Black Lives Matter die-in over rail tracks, protesting alleged police brutality in Saint Paul, Minnesota (September 20, 2015) Black Lives Matter ( BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement [1] [2] that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism.

  8. Paint sheen - Wikipedia

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    Paint sheen. High-gloss finish used for kitchen elements. Sheen is a measure of the reflected light ( glossiness) from a paint finish. Glossy and flat (or matte) are typical extreme levels of glossiness of a finish. Gloss paint is shiny and reflects most light in the specular (mirror-like) direction, while on flat paints most of the light ...

  9. Matte painting - Wikipedia

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    A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is not present at the filming location. Historically, matte painters and film technicians have used various techniques to combine a matte-painted image with live-action footage ( compositing ).