photography

Meaning

1. The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
2. The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

Hyphenated as

pho‧to‧gra‧phy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈtɒ.ɡɹə.fi/

Etymology

From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φωτός (phōtós, “of light”, genitive), and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).