Added 9 October 2026
photography
/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ noun
In Latin: photographia Wiktionary
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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.
Origin
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”).
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