photographer

noun

pho·​tog·​ra·​pher fə-ˈtä-grə-fər 

: one who practices photography

especially : one who makes a business of taking photographs

Synonyms of photographer

• shooter
• cinematographer
• photog

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

The attack came 10 days after settlers beat Agence France-Presse photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh with rifle butts in the northern West Bank village of Aqraba. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

The sound of live gunfire could be heard in the area, and a Reuters photographer saw at least one armed settler fire a gun. — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

As the group of masked vigilantes approached, several members beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, who was hospitalized for her injuries. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Perhaps no one is more representative of this breadth than the multimedia artist and photographer Lorna Simpson. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for photographer

• biographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer
• topographer
• typographer
• bibliographer
• choreographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer