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photography

pho·tog·ra·phy [ fə tóggrəfee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. producing pictures with camera: the art, hobby, or profession of taking photographs, and developing and printing the film or processing the digitized array image

2. using light to make pictures: the process of recording images by exposing light-sensitive film or array to light or other forms of radiation

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