ferrotype

noun

Definition of ferrotypenext
as in daguerreotype

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  1. daguerreotype
  2. photograph
  3. photo
  4. tintype
  5. sepia
  6. monochrome
  7. print
Noun
  • Robert Ebendorf’s 2010 Untitled Daguerreotype Brooch combines a daguerreotype with copper, plastic, and a crab claw, while his Birthday Necklace incorporates repurposed jewelry and toy railroad tracks.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Art Nouveau furniture, the 18th-century Worcester porcelain, and the photography collection (with daguerreotypes, Civil War albumen prints, 20th-century images, and portraits) all beg for your attention.
    — Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of daguerreotype
Noun
  • Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The gathering grew into an annual event where mothers brought daughters, children walked the runway and participants received professional photographs at no charge.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of photograph
Noun
  • Zhang then is said to have sent a Chinese official information related to the surveillance, including photos, videos and license plate information from the target's vehicles.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Cagle added that the photo showed a confident, brilliant, brave, polite, gracious, kind and gentle young man.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of photo
Noun
  • For a final flourish, guests—all handed CD players loaded with the new album—pose for tintype portraits and press wildflowers into keepsakes.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rounding out the lineup is their younger sister Daryl and her boyfriend, Joey—also in vintage-style tintype attire.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Definition of tintype
Noun
  • Tuscan kitchens were all warm colors, shades of brown, images that were maybe a bit sepia toned.
    — Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The feathers on her back were of mottled sepia tones, and those on her belly were rusty brown and painterly white.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sepia
Noun
  • The Spanish royal opted for a monochrome ensemble, wearing black tapered trousers with a single-breasted blazer.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That exhibition featured works by Heu Hwang, Kwon Young-woo, Lee Dong-youb, Park Seo-bo, and Suh Seung-won—a group of artists generally considered to have launched Korean monochrome painting, or dansaekhwa, as a movement.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of monochrome
Noun
  • For an easy boost of personality to a look, simply treat an animal print as a new neutral.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Slinging a snakeskin print side bag over one shoulder, Lou posed with fellow nepo babies Jaden Smith and Paris Jackson at the event.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of print
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