Writing or painting with light. Both root words are Greek - photos (light) and graphos (writing or painting).
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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"
Straight photography tries to show things exactly as they are. It does not manipulate the picture for artistic or other effect.
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.
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From the Greek Phos meaning light and Graphia meaning to write
The word "photography" is derived from the Greek words "photos," meaning light, and "grapho," meaning to draw or write. Therefore, photography literally means "drawing with light." This reflects the fundamental process of capturing images by recording light on a sensitive surface, such as film or a digital sensor.