photography
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Etymology
From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φωτός (phōtós, “of light”, genitive), and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
Pronunciation
Noun
photography (usually uncountable, plural photographies)
- The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
- go on a photography course
- The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
Derived terms
- aerial photography
- antiphotography
- astrophotography
- chromophotography
- chronophotography
- cinemaphotography
- cinephotography
- color photography
- digital photography
- director of photography
- electrophotography
- fan camera photography
- femtophotography
- femto-photography
- flash photography
- glamour photography
- Kirlian photography
- lithophotography
- Lomography
- macrophotography
- metaphotography
- microphotography
- orthophotography
- principal photography
- psychic photography
- pyrophotography
- rephotography
- reprography
- schlieren photography
- spectrophotography
- spirit photography
- stereophotography
- telephotography
- tri-camera photography
- ultramicrophotography
Related terms
Translations
art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces
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occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs
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