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The photographs are made using heliography — “sun writing,” a term coined by 19th century French photography pioneer Nicéphore Niépce — a technique akin to etching with light-sensitive materials on reflective pewter plates.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

But the memory is etched into daily life, as surely as it is in Charrière’s startling heliography.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

"I wish Miss Young would teach us heliography next term," said Honor.

From The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela

Merritt was certain, as the light appeared and disappeared, that some message was being sent, and he regretted that he knew nothing of heliography.

From The Terror A Mystery by Machen, Arthur

He called his process "heliography," helios being the Greek word for sun.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff