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The lens is convex (curved outward). Light entering the lens from the outside is refracted (bent) as it travels through it. This brings the image to a single (focal) point. The distance between the lens and the back of the camera is such that it allows a small image of the photographed scene to be visible (the picture). The image is inverted because of the refraction of light through the lens.

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