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astrophotography (n.): 1858, from astro- + photography.
macrophotography (n.): 1863, from macro- + photography.
photogenic (adj.): 1839, "produced or caused by light," from photo- "light" + -genic "produced by" (see genus). Originally in photogenic drawing, the early term for "photography;" meaning "photographing well" is first attested 1928, from photo- as short for "photograph."
photograph (n.): 1839, "picture obtained by photography," coined by Sir John Herschel from photo- + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." It won out over other suggestions, such as photogene and heliograph. Neo-Anglo-Saxonists prefer sunprint; and sun-picture (1846) was an early Englishing of the word. The verb, as well as photography, are first found in a paper read before the Royal Society on March 14, 1839. Related: Photographed; photographing.
photographer (n.): 1843, agent noun from photograph (v.). (Photographist also is attested from 1843).
photographic (adj.): 1839, from photograph + -ic. Photographic memory is from 1940. Related: Photographical; photographically.
photography (n.): 1839, from photo- + -graphy. See photograph.
photogravure (n.): "process of engraving by photography," 1869, from photo- + gravure, from grave (v.) + -ure.
astrophotograph: "A photograph of a celestial object or of the night sky; an astronomical photograph", Mid 19th cent. From astro- + photograph. Compare astrophotography.