photography

noun

pho·​tog·​ra·​phy fə-ˈtä-grə-fē 

: the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface (such as film or an optical sensor)

Examples of photography in a Sentence

He studied both film and still photography.

Landscape photography is her hobby.

Recent Examples on the Web

Through these dual histories, photography emerges as both a tool of domination and a medium of emancipation. —Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025

That wrestling with what can and cannot be controlled is the work of raising children, and also the work of his photography. —Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025

Photoshop did not really end photography. —Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025

By the 1920s, advances in photography and halftone printing, along with increasingly standardized curricula, had brought yearbooks to most high schools. —Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing photography

• director of photography
• Kirlian photography
• trick photography

Rhymes for photography

• arthrography
• biography
• cartography
• cosmography
• cryptography
• demography
• discography
• echography
• ethnography
• filmography
• geography
• hydrography

Kids Definition

photography

noun

pho·​tog·​ra·​phy fə-ˈtäg-rə-fē 

: the art or process of making pictures by means of a camera that directs the image of an object onto a surface (as film) that is sensitive to light