MAQ Magazine n. 10 / February 2019
Macro photography (or photomacrography or
macrography, and sometimes macrophotography),
is extreme close-up photography, usually of very
small subjects and living organisms like insects,
in which the size of the subject in the photograph
is greater than life size (though macrophotography
technically refers to the art of making very
large photographs). By the original definition,
a macro photograph is one in which the size
of the subject on the negative or image sensor
is life size or greater. However, in some uses it
refers to a finished photograph of a subject at
greater than life size.