photographer

noun

pho·​tog·​ra·​pher fə-ˈtä-grə-fər How to pronounce photographer (audio)
: one who practices photography
especially : one who makes a business of taking photographs

Examples of photographer in a Sentence

He worked for the magazine as a fashion photographer. we'll need to choose a photographer for the wedding
Recent Examples on the Web Teller had previously stayed in the villa, even photographing a 2019 campaign for YSL there (also with a focus on legs, albeit in sheer hosiery), and the owners enthusiastically gave them free rein as staff prepared to close for the off-season, the photographer explained. Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 10 June 2024 At the Museum of Modern Art, the documentary photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier honors those who turn their energies to a social good. Holland Cotter, New York Times, 7 June 2024 Include the names of those in the photos from left to right along with the photo credit and permission from the photographer to use the photo in The San Diego Union-Tribune. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024 The photographer points out the pay phones and cars that dot the L.A. landscape, markers of a different time. Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for photographer 

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Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of photographer was in 1841

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“Photographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photographer. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.

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