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photography

  • noun
  • pho·to·gra·phy
  • /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.

Example

“go on a photography course”

Other meanings

  1. The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

Synonyms

  • picture taking

Related words

  • fan camera photography
  • aerial photography
  • antiphotography
  • aerophotography
  • foodtography
  • multiphotography
  • mycography
  • phoneography
  • photographist
  • radiophotography
  • scanography
  • thoughtography

Example sentences

  • “She experiments with photography.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From French "photographie".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “photography” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.