photography

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• Photography — is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light sensitive material such as photographic… …   Wikipedia

• Photography — Pho*tog ra*phy, n. [Photo + graphy: cf. F. photographie.] 1. The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like. [1913 Webster] 2. The art or process of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Photography — cinemagraph crop digi necker digital dieting documentary style ego wall fan edit fauxtography …   New words

• photography — 1839, from PHOTO (Cf. photo ) + GRAPHY (Cf. graphy) …   Etymology dictionary

• photography — ► NOUN ▪ the taking and processing of photographs …   English terms dictionary

• photography — [fə täg′rə fē] n. [ PHOTO + GRAPHY] the art or process of producing images of objects upon a photosensitive surface (as film in a camera) by the chemical action of light or other radiant energy …   English World dictionary

• PHOTOGRAPHY — The first photographer known to be of Jewish birth was solomon nunes carvalho , an American who in 1853–54 served as artist photographer with John C. Frémont s expedition to the Far West. However, the 19th century did not produce many… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• photography — /feuh tog reuh fee/, n. 1. the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays. 2. cinematography. [1839; PHOTO +… …   Universalium

• photography —    The postwar euphoria of victory combined with an ongoing austerity of rationing in Britain gave way to a new optismism for the children of what was to become known as the baby boomer years (see baby boom). In its attempts to both rebuild and… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• photography — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Picture taking Nouns 1. photography, picture taking; aerial, architectural, available light, candid, digital, fashion, fine art, infrared, laser, paper negative, print, product, scenic, still, stereo… …   English dictionary for students

• photography —    by Alan Cholodenko   Baudrillard comes to photography in two ways: as theorist of photography as image, object and medium in its own right; and as photographer whose photographs offer him a singular means with which to demonstrate and perform… …   The Baudrillard dictionary