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📸 To copy a photo 🔁 To photograph again
to rephotograph

to rephotograph

6.8
Take a new picture of an existing picture to make a copy
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈfɒtəˌɡræf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : re-fotografiar
  • Within this opening sequence, the pixelated image is followed by a rephotographed image of a German, presumably from the 1950s but of indeterminate nationality.
  • rephotographed image

Examples

  • The artist decided to rephotograph a famous painting, capturing its details with her own unique perspective.

  • This is an opportunity to rephotograph your slides through textured glass to create great, unique contemporary images.

    Academic text (1997)

  • I have a lot more trouble with the woman who rephotographs art photographs and presents them as her own... though that ain't going anywhere.

    Blog text (28)

  • In 2001, I spent many months in Honduras rephotographing a collection of the photographs that West took during his 1957 trip.

    Academic text (2013)

  • First was for students to rephotograph scenes from historical photographs, matching them as best they could given our one-week time constraint.

    Academic text (2018)

  • These obsessively reduced cityscapes are punctuated only intermittently by rephotographed historical and ideological material.

    Academic text (2003)

  • In her project, she plans to rephotograph historical images to showcase how the city has changed over time.

  • Students were asked to rephotograph their family portraits, comparing the past with their current selves.

Synonyms

to photocopy
vsto rephotograph
15 2.3

To make a copy of a document or picture with a copy machine

uses a camera to capture an existing print or picture for reproduction
to reshoot
vsto rephotograph
6 5.2

To film or take photos again when the first ones need fixing

aims to copy an existing picture specifically to reproduce or digitize it
to reimage
vsto rephotograph
  • Specialized
7.0

To take new pictures or scans to check for changes

is limited to photographing an existing picture to reproduce or digitize it
to refilm
vsto rephotograph
  • Specialized
6.1

Make a new copy of old video by recording it again in a different format

focuses on photographing a still print or picture for reproduction or digitizing

Surface Forms

rephotograph infinitive
rephotographed past
rephotographed past participle
rephotographing present participle
rephotographs third person singular

Morphology

rephotograph = photograph (semi-transparent) = re + photograph

The meaning is based on 'photograph again', but this sense is specialized to photographing an existing image for reproduction or digitization.

Etymology

Rephotograph starts with re- ('again') and the parts photo ('light') and graph ('write'), so a photograph is like 'writing with light'. A helpful way to remember this sense is that to rephotograph means to 'take a picture of a picture' to copy or digitize it.