Photo-micrography is the practice of photographing very small objects in order that they may be seen in comfort. (One should not confuse this with micro-photography, which is the opposite.)
The practice dates from the earliest days of photography. The first known example is that of Fox Talbot who, using a solar microscope, had photographed an insect's wing, magnified some 15 times. John Benjamin Dancer also produced work in this field.
© Robert Leggat, 1999.