Monthly Archives: October 2009

This Thing Called Photography

Photography (\fə-ˈtä-grə-fē\)[1] n. 1. The art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces. 2. The art, practice, or occupation of taking and printing photographs. 3. A body of photographs. The word “photograph” was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (phos) “light” and γραφή (graphê) [...]