contact print

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a photographic print made by placing a negative directly in contact with sensitized paper, with their emulsion surfaces facing, and exposing them to light.

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contact print British  

noun

1. a photographic print made by exposing the printing paper through a negative placed directly onto it

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Etymology

Origin of contact print

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Once dry, he presses a piece of glass against the materials, which results in a contact print.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022

The effect is more like a contact print or a rubbing than a painting, which is appropriate since her subject isn’t violence as much as the impression it might make.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2017