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the act of taking and printing photographs

the act of taking and printing photographs

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

The science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like.

Method of making images on a sensitized surface by exposure to light or other radiant energy.

The art or process of making pictures by the action of light on plates or films coated with certain chemicals.

The art of producing pictures by the action of light on chemically prepared surfaces.

Art of producing pictures by the action of light on chemically prepared surfaces.

The process of forming and fixing an image by the chemical action of light.

n. [Greek] Art of producing pictures of objects by the action of light on chemically prepared surfaces, as of silver, glass, paper, &c.—often restricted to the art of producing such pictures on chemically prepared paper.