Writing or painting with light. Both root words are Greek - photos (light) and graphos (writing or painting).
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Straight photography tries to show things exactly as they are. It does not manipulate the picture for artistic or other effect.
The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light"
From Greek, meaning painting with light
A picture or likeness obtained by photography., To take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group., To practice photography; to take photographs.
photography photo-graphy (φωτογραφία) photo (φώς) :light graphy (γράφημα) : drawing a drawing made from light
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The word Photograph comes from two words. Photo meaning "Light" and Graph meaning "To Write". It literally means "To write with light."