noun · neutral

photography

UK/fəˈtɒɡrəfi/US/fəˈtɑːɡrəfi/pho·TOG·ra·phy

Band 4-5speakingtask2

the art or practice of taking and processing photographs

Examples

She studies photography at college and hopes to work for a magazine.

Street photography often captures everyday life in an uncensored way.

Good photography can tell a story without words.

Band 8 sentence

Documentary photography can reveal social problems more vividly than many news reports.

Collocations

  • take photographs / take photos
  • photography exhibition
  • professional photography

Word family

photograph noun/verbphotographer nounphotographic adjective

Common mistakes

I like photographI like photographs

many photographiesmany photographs

I like the photography of this pictureI like the photograph / the photography

Say it for a higher band

5photo6photograph7+photography

Synonyms

photo-taking

Easily confused

photograph

Can you send me that photograph from your trip?

photographer

The photographer captured the best moment during the wedding.

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