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photographic print

photographic print

1 3.1
A picture on paper made from a camera or digital file
  • noun
  • /ˌfoʊtəˈgræfɪk prɪnt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : impresión fotográfica
  • The gallery featured a collection of stunning photographic prints taken by local artists during their travels.
  • black-and-white photographic print
  • white photographic print

They have a printing play, printing printing lab where they do huge photographic prints, like as big as this table.

Examples

  • She displayed her favorite photographic print in the living room, showcasing the vibrant colors of the sunset.

  • With a photographic print, one can move closer and even use a magnifying glass to see more detail.

    Academic text (1992)

  • I don't even like making photographic prints...

    Blog text (22)

  • This includes posters, photographic prints, fliers, etc.

    Blog text (7)

  • A great how-to program on mounting, matte cutting, framing, and displaying the photographic print.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The photographic print was the ethnographic equivalent of the anatomical drawing; its virtue lay precisely in the fact that it deals only in givens, not in interpreting and interrogating its subject.

    Academic text (1991)

  • He carefully examined the photographic print, impressed by how clearly every detail of the landscape was captured.

Synonyms

photo
vsphotographic print
∞ 1.0

A picture made with a camera, printed or digital

is specifically a paper image produced from a negative or digital source
photograph
vsphotographic print
860 1.4

A picture taken with a camera of a person, place, or thing

is limited to the paper copy produced from a negative or digital file
print
vsphotographic print
106 1.3

A photo printed on paper from a negative or digital file

is the more specific two-word term that highlights how the image was made
contact print
vsphotographic print
  • Specialized
6.1

A print made by putting a negative directly on photo paper, making the image the same size

is the general name for paper images not limited to direct negative placement
photogravure
vsphotographic print
  • Archaic
9.9

A printing method that uses a photo on a metal plate to make very detailed prints

is made by exposing film or processing a digital file directly onto paper
photolithograph
vsphotographic print
  • Specialized
9.9

A print that uses a photograph to prepare a plate for printing

is produced on paper by developing film or digital files instead of plate printing

How Permanent

archival
  • Specialized
21 6.7
photographic print
  • Specialized
1 3.1

Surface Forms

photographic print singular
photographic prints plural

Morphology

photographic + print

The noun phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'photographic' (relating to photography) modifies 'print' (an image produced on paper), so together they denote a printed photographic image. This adjective+noun construction is transparent and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun photographic print comes from the idea of making a print, a 'copy' of a picture, onto paper from camera film or a digital file. Photographers used light and special paper to make these paper pictures, so today the phrase means a photo that is a picture on paper.