Words / B2

f-uh-TOGR-uh-fee/fəˈtɒɡrəfi/

Photography is the skill, job, or process of taking photographs (usually uncountable): aerial photography; a photography module. A photograph / photo is one image (already in the dictionary); photographer is the person (already elsewhere). Date the aerial photography in the enquiry. Mix-up: photocopy (already in the dictionary). Do not write “a photography” for one snap.

Meaning

The skill, job, or process of taking photographs (usually uncountable).

Examples

• “Date the aerial photography in the enquiry, not a holiday snap.”
• “The media paper asks how photography changed after cheaper film, which is the practice sense.”

Good to know

aerial / documentary photography; a photography course. Person: photographer. Image: photograph. Trap: photocopy. Geography, media, and art. The practice, not one picture.

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