photographic

adjective

pho·​to·​graph·​ic ˌfō-tə-ˈgra-fik 

1

: relating to, obtained by, or used in photography

2

: representing nature and human beings with the exactness of a photograph

3

: capable of retaining vivid impressions

a photographic memory

photographically

ˌfō-tə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of photographic in a Sentence

photographic images of the galaxy

Recent Examples on the Web

Today the brand goes on but the brand is often licensed to third parties producing photographic products for the digital age. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025

Rosenheim believes that early photographic portraits empowered working-class Americans. —Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025

But Brooklyn Bridge Park is the festival’s central hub, with its shipping container exhibitions and open-air viewing of photographic art. —Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025

But these seductions or deceptions are canceled when the work confronts us with the photographic records of the performative procedure itself—and not only by making the photograph an integral component, the dialectical complement to the material sculptural production. —Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing photographic

• photographic memory

Rhymes for photographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• cryptographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic

Kids Definition

photographic

adjective

pho·​to·​graph·​ic ˌfōt-ə-ˈgraf-ik 

1

: relating to, obtained by, or used in photography

photographic supplies

2

: capable of remembering details exactly

a photographic memory

photographically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb