rephotography
rephotography noun: a form of photography in which the same site is photographed at two separate points in time, “then and now”.
Noun
rephotography (uncountable)
- A form of photography in which the same site is photographed at two separate points in time, “then and now”.
- A reinventor of rephotography, Mr. Prince has cannily parlayed his jaundiced view of society, especially its macho subcultures, into an array of market-friendly paintings and sculpture.2007 September 9, Roberta Smith, “Solo Museum Shows: Not the Usual Suspects”, in New York Times
Origin of rephotography
From re- + photography, often attributed to American photographer Mark Klett.
Words that rhyme with rephotography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about rephotography
- What does rephotography mean?
- Rephotography means a form of photography in which the same site is photographed at two separate points in time, “then and now”.
- What part of speech is rephotography?
- Rephotography is a noun.
Words near rephotography in the dictionary
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