Photography
/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart. uncountable, usually
"go on a photography course"
- 2 the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies wordnet
- 3 The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs. uncountable, usually
- 4 the act of taking and printing photographs wordnet
- 5 the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces wordnet
Example
More examples"I have an interest in photography."
Etymology
From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φῶς (phôs, “of light”), and γράφω (gráphō, “write, draw”).