Is screenshot a photograph?

I don't think that a screenshot is a photograph, of course it is an image but that doesn't mean that it is a photograph. A photograph is taken by using light from some source from the environment outside. A screenshot uses the data that are displayed in the monitor. Am i correct?

Solution 1:

You are right. Both a screenshot and a photograph are images, that is visible impressions obtained by a device, or displayed on a computer or video screen.

But a photograph is always a picture made using a camera.

And a screenshot is an image of the data displayed on the screen of a computer or mobile device.

Solution 2:

A screenshot is a record of data (the image data of what was being sent to the screen at a particular moment). A photograph is made by capturing light in the real world. If you were to point a camera at a computer screen and take a photo, that would be a photograph. A screenshot never leaves the digital realm, while a photograph involves the “analog” medium of light