Photographic activities

From Copyright EVIDENCE

This industry category includes the following:

74.2 Photographic activities
74.20 Photographic activities
74.20/1 Portrait photographic activities
This subclass includes:
portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings etc.
74.20/2 Other specialist photography (not including portrait photography)
This subclass includes:
- aerial photography
- photographing of persons, objects or scenery using special apparatus and techniques e.g.
  • underwater photography
  • medical and biological photography
  • photomicrography
  • microfilming of documents
74.20/3 Film processing
This subclass includes:
- developing, printing and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films
- film developing and photo printing laboratories
- one hour photo shops (not part of camera stores)
- mounting of slides
- copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs
74.20/9 Other photographic activities (not including portrait and other specialist photography and film processing) n.e.c.
This subclass includes:
- photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes
- videotaping of events: weddings, meetings etc.
- activities of photojournalists

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Industry Sectors

Photographic activities is an industry sector defined within the Copyright Evidence wiki.


The following studies involve this industry sector (71):

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