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The light coming from the photographed object (not image) reacts to convert the silver bromide (AgBr, transparent colloid)) on the film into black (nontransparent) Ag crystals.

This is the negative (reversed) image of the (positive) object.

The same story with a dark object: no light, no Ag crystals = not black, still transparent!

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