The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Telephotography \Tel`e*pho*tog"ra*phy\, n.
   1. The photography of distant objects in more enlarged form
      than is possible by the ordinary means, usually by a
      camera provided with a telephoto lens or mounted in
      place of the eyepiece of a telescope, so that the real or
      a magnified image falls on the sensitive plate.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. Art or process of electrically transmitting and
      reproducing photographic or other pictures at a distance,
      especially by methods similar to those used in electric
      telegraphy.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   3. Less properly, phototelegraphy.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

telephotography
    n 1: transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and
         pictures over a distance
    2: photography using a telephoto lens