# Photography

Photography is a form of art of creating images by recording light, electronically using image sensor or chemically using photographic film.

Typically the light is passed through a lens to focus it on the light sensitive surface inside the camera, exposing it for a set period of time.

# Etymology

The word photography comes from the Greek roots φωτός (phōtós), genitive of φῶς (phōs), "light" and γραφή (graphé) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light".