Photography refers to the art, hobby, or profession of taking photographs, and later on developing and printing the film or processing the digitised array image. It is the science of producing pictures by the action of light. Photographs serve as scientific evidence, conveyers of news, historical documents, works of art, and records of family life.

Photography can be classified under imaging technology and has earned the interest of scientists and artists from its commencement. Scientists have used its capacity to make accurate recordings, for example, Eadweard Muybridge in his study of Human and Animal Locomotion (1887).

In India Artists have been equally interested by this facet, but have also tried to explore other avenues than the photo-mechanical representation of reality, such as the pictorialist movement. Military, police and security forces use photography for surveillance, recognition and data storage. Photography is also used to preserve memories of favourite times, to capture special moments, to tell stories, to send messages, and as a source of entertainment as also for advertising purposes.

In the present times, India has turned out a latent hub of photographic panorama. There is no single sphere where Indians have not laid their hands on, ranging from wedding, to underwater, and even aerial photography. In this manner, famous photographers have come up with innovative ideas, leading to they being publishing books on photography, making it extremely useful to the reader. Through these astounding photographs, an individual can cherish its memory for a long period of time.