photography
fuh-TAH-gruh-fee/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/UKfuh-TOG-ruh-fee/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
- 1The art and skill of taking pictures with a camera.
Like painting a picture, but using light and a camera instead of a brush.
She is learning photography in an after-school art class.
Digital photography lets you take hundreds of pictures and delete the bad ones.
- 2The job of taking pictures, often for money.
He does photography for a living, taking pictures at weddings and parties.
She left her office job to do photography full time.
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Origin
From French photographie. It comes from Greek parts meaning "light" and "write," so it means "drawing with light."