1. an image or picture produced by casting a shadow of an object onto a surface
2. a photographic technique that creates images by recording shadows cast by objects
Usage: photography; technical

Examples

• The children made shadowgraphs on the wall using their hands and a flashlight.
• The artist created beautiful shadowgraphs by placing flowers between a light source and photographic paper.
• Early shadowgraphs were used to study the movement of bullets in flight.
• The museum displayed historical shadowgraphs from the early days of photography.
• She learned to make shadowgraphs as part of her photography class.
• The shadowgraph revealed the internal structure of the specimen.