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Meaning of photography in English

(Definition of photography from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of photography from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of photography

photography
It begins with photography in portraiture, proceeding to documentary and then aesthetic treatments.
I do not deny the possibility of such attempts, but it remains questionable whether fingerprinting had the same value as photography for colonial social typology.
Amateur photography, even more than studio photography, shows how the private self-the individual-finds its signifiers in commodities.
The practice of photography as a fine art has also been promoted through their teaching.
Investigation of laser ablated plumes using fast photography.
Conversely, at another level, photography is a series of different practices, different strands, all of which have different intentions, different cultural expectations and social usages.
The singular significance attached to images of fisherfolk in the material available owes much to the circumstances in which photography first developed.
Since the method of photography displays regions of strong shear, the hypotenuse of the rectangle should appear bright.
Field and his co-workers visited many glaciers and recorded (using photography) for the first time how they had receded.
Public interest and knowledge of photography increased as a result of a number of key public events.
Each seedling's light environment was recorded through the use of hemispherical photography during the 1996 and 1998 field seasons.
What did aerial photography make visible, and in what temporal framework?
The plots were installed next to the river or a river-channel bank, to facilitate their localization by aerial photography.
Where possible, four random points (one from each quarter) of each vegetation type based on the 2004 aerial photography were sampled.
Using remote photography in wildlife ecology: a review.
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Collocations with photography

photography

These are words often used in combination with photography.

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aerial photography
What did aerial photography make visible, and in what temporal framework?
architectural photography
It was used for portraiture, landscape work, architectural photography and art photography.
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black-and-white photography
Obviously, the investigations would include investigations of the photography and, indeed, the use of black-and-white photography.
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Translations of photography

in Chinese (Traditional)
攝影, 攝影業, 照片…
in Chinese (Simplified)
摄影, 摄影业, 照片…
in Spanish
fotografía, fotografía [feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
fotografia, fotografia [feminine]…
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in Catalan
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in Hindi
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in Malay
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in Urdu
in Ukrainian
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in Telugu
in Arabic
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in Indonesian
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in Italian
छायाचित्रकला / छायाचित्रण…
写真撮影(業), 撮影技術(さつえいぎじゅつ), 写真(しゃしん)…
fotoğrafçılık sanatı/mesleği, fotoğrafçılık…
photographie [feminine], photographie…
fotografia…
fotografie…
புகைப்படங்கள் அல்லது படப்பிடிப்புகளை எடுக்கும் செயல்பாடு அல்லது வேலை…
फोटोग्राफी, छायाचित्रांकन (तस्वीरें खींचने या काम)…
છબીકળા, છાયાંકન…
fotografi…
fotografi, fotografering…
fotografi…
die Fotografie…
fotografering [masculine], fotografi [masculine], fotografi [neuter]…
فوٹوگرافی, تصویر کشی…
фотографія, фотографування…
фотография, фотографирование…
ఫోటోగ్రాఫర్, ఫోటోలు, ఫిల్మ్ తీసే పని లేక ఉద్యోగం…
فَنّ التصوير…
ছবি তোলা বা চিত্রগ্রহণের কার্যকলাপ বা কাজ…
fotografování…
fotografi…
การถ่ายภาพ…
sự chụp ảnh…
fotografia…
사진찍기…
fotografia…
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