fonetography

fonetography
 n.— «Nokia, which has coined the rather unlovely word “fonetography” to describe photos taken using a mobile, has invited artists and photographers—among others, Tracey Emin, Sir Peter Blake, Nan Goldin, David Bailey and Rankin—to test the phones.» —“Celebrity artists use camera phones to ring the changes in photography” by Charlotte Higgins Guardian (U.K.) Nov. 15, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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