photography
Syllabification: (pho·tog·ra·phy)
Pronunciation: /fəˈtägrəfē/
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Definition of photography
noun
- the art or practice of taking and processing photographs.
Modern photography is based on the property of silver compounds decomposing to metallic silver when exposed to light. The light-sensitive salts are held in an emulsion (in color film, layers of emulsion) usually mounted on transparent roll film