"photography of objects at or larger than actual size without the use of a magnifying lens," 1863, from macro- + photography.
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macro-
word-forming element meaning "long, abnormally large, on a large scale," taken into English via French and Medieval Latin from Greek makros "long, large," from PIE root *mak- "long, thin."
photography n.
"the art of producing images by application of chemical changes produced by certain substances by the action of light or other radiant energy," 1839, from photo- + -graphy. See photograph.