How to Use photographic in a Sentence

photographic

adjective
  • This was a year and a half before the iPhone, and photographic evidence was scarce.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • Here’s a photographic look at some of the highlights of McCarthy’s time on Capitol Hill.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Prior to Northridge, the data were recorded on photographic film chips by sensors out in the field.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But for right now, Oditt trains his focus on the photographic survey.
    Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Is there photographic or video evidence of the Phoenix Lights?
    The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • And the collection holds more than just photographic negatives of the stars.
    Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
  • Among them is a small blue photographic print from an exhibition held at the Robert Miller Gallery on 57th Street.
    ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2022
  • On the downside, both off-the-shelf and DIY pinhole cameras use film or photographic paper.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
  • In the comics, Maya can copy the fighting style of any opponent, thanks to her photographic reflexes.
    David Zimmermann, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In honor of Houston’s birthday, Vogue took a look through the archives to compile a photographic tribute to the one-of-a-kind diva.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In his photographic memoir Dwyane, Wade spoke about the challenges of co-parenting a young child.
    Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The team has spent the last six months out on the boat with the color board, collecting as many photographic samples of passing sharks to expand their data set.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 July 2022
  • The air, bathed yellow by safe lights, smells of photographic chemicals and is filled with a rhythmic clicking and a shuttling swoosh.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • But a few of these stories come with photographic evidence, which the women have shared on Instagram over the years.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2023
  • One such photographic motif is the recurring dreams that haunt her.
    Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In the final portion, the family that has been important to Lee on- and off-screen can be viewed through photographic portraits.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • The crowd gathered to take part in the latest work by US photographic artist Spencer Tunick, who is known for naked photo shoots at important landmarks around the world.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The only purely photographic video is Shelby Hubbard’s cryptic scenario of a woman and a large doll on a beach.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Pigozzi picked up a Leica camera long before cell phones and started a photographic diary of his social life and friends.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Big photographic backdrops, similar to the ones used in Suits, create the illusion of the cabin's window views.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But these initial jabs at photographic abstraction presaged a future breakthrough, which came in the wake of tragedy.
    Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Again there is photographic and video evidence of such.
    Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Wojtas does not appear to heed rules and boundaries, at least not in her photographic practice.
    Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Excerpts of both films are screening at I.C.P. alongside groups of Klein’s later photographic work, much of it in screaming color.
    Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 18 June 2022
  • There are not many great photographic album covers that are captured fully within the frame, but Brian did just that.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Kroll even came armed with photographic evidence of the moment that Fraser spotted them.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Lonely facts, like those found inside a photographic frame.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • What looks at first like a hodgepodge of disparate bits and pieces is Ms. Wilson’s thoughtful exploration of the nature of photographic practice.
    William Meyers, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Most of the entries involve photographic imagery, whether still or moving.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Benner likens this to creating a hole in an old photographic negative with a paper hole punch.
    George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024

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