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Definition of photography noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

photography

noun
 
/fəˈtɒɡrəfi/
 
/fəˈtɑːɡrəfi/
[uncountable]
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  1. the art, process or job of taking photographs or filming something
    • Her hobbies include hiking and photography.
    • digital photography
    • colour/black-and-white photography
    • aerial/underwater photography
    • fashion photography by David Burn
    • the director of photography (= the person who is in charge of the actual filming of a film, programme, etc.)
    • Did you see the film about Antarctica? The photography was superb!
    Extra Examples
    • a commercial stock photography archive
    • an exceptional online source for fine-art photography
    • the shifting clouds caught in time-lapse photography
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • black-and-white
    • colour/​color
    • digital
    photography + noun
    • collection
    • exhibit
    • exhibition
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