How to Use photographic in a Sentence

photographic

adjective
  • And the scene where the guy that used to own the photographic studio comes back in a terrible state.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Live clips are spliced with black-and-white clips of ’50s-era photographic shoots and runways.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 July 2024
  • This was a year and a half before the iPhone, and photographic evidence was scarce.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • Here’s a photographic look at some of the highlights of McCarthy’s time on Capitol Hill.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Prior to Northridge, the data were recorded on photographic film chips by sensors out in the field.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But for right now, Oditt trains his focus on the photographic survey.
    Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Is there photographic or video evidence of the Phoenix Lights?
    The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • And the collection holds more than just photographic negatives of the stars.
    Lucy Evans, Scientific American, 22 June 2023
  • Among them is a small blue photographic print from an exhibition held at the Robert Miller Gallery on 57th Street.
    ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2022
  • At the same time, there’s photographic evidence that the Ukrainians have shot down at least one of Russia’s killer drones.
    David Axe, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • On the downside, both off-the-shelf and DIY pinhole cameras use film or photographic paper.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The families sat behind him at the hearing and held up photographic portraits of some of the 346 people killed in those tragedies.
    Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
  • In the comics, Maya can copy the fighting style of any opponent, thanks to her photographic reflexes.
    David Zimmermann, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
  • In honor of Houston’s birthday, Vogue took a look through the archives to compile a photographic tribute to the one-of-a-kind diva.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In his photographic memoir Dwyane, Wade spoke about the challenges of co-parenting a young child.
    Courtney Young, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2022
  • As a form of art, photographic storytelling can give raw views that challenge how people see the world.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
  • The victim of the Sept. 13 assault was able to identify Michely in a photographic lineup.
    Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The team has spent the last six months out on the boat with the color board, collecting as many photographic samples of passing sharks to expand their data set.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 July 2022
  • The air, bathed yellow by safe lights, smells of photographic chemicals and is filled with a rhythmic clicking and a shuttling swoosh.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • But a few of these stories come with photographic evidence, which the women have shared on Instagram over the years.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2023
  • One such photographic motif is the recurring dreams that haunt her.
    Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In the final portion, the family that has been important to Lee on- and off-screen can be viewed through photographic portraits.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • The crowd gathered to take part in the latest work by US photographic artist Spencer Tunick, who is known for naked photo shoots at important landmarks around the world.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Years of covering the same areas left them with a near-photographic memory of the country.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Less than 200 years ago, people took the first images with photographic cameras.
    Eleanor Cummins, Wired, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The only purely photographic video is Shelby Hubbard’s cryptic scenario of a woman and a large doll on a beach.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Pigozzi picked up a Leica camera long before cell phones and started a photographic diary of his social life and friends.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • His striking black-and-white photo was shot in Beijing where the guitarist had a photographic exhibition at the time.
    David Chiu, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Yosemite National Park has been considered one of the most pristine and photographic national parks in the US.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 6 Aug. 2024
  • He’s thought to have used a common type of 19th century opaque projector to blow up the image to sketch the photographic likeness onto canvas.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024

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