Meanings
nounrephotography (uncountable)
- uncountableA form of photography in which the same site is photographed at two separate points in time, “then and now”.
A reinventor of rephotography, Mr. Prince has cannily parlayed his jaundiced view of society, especially its macho subcultures, into an array of market-friendly paintings and sculpture.
2007 September 9, Roberta Smith, “Solo Museum Shows: Not the Usual Suspects”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Frenchphotographie
- Englishphotography
- Englishrephotography
From re- + photography, often attributed to American photographer Mark Klett.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rephotography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
rephotography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rephotography
MLA
“rephotography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rephotography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rephotography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rephotography.
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