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

Seven months after legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Singer, were killed, their children Jake and Romy Reiner stepped up to the plate at Dodgers Stadium to honor them. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Five portraits by Gordon Parks, the photographer acclaimed for documenting African American life throughout the Civil Rights Era, frame the foyer inside Usher’s gracious Atlanta home. — Jewel Wicker, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026

The newspaper photographers lay on the lawn with their cameras twinkling under the stadium lights, the musicians tuned their instruments, while farther away the uneven horizon of the city described a wide semicircle. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Legendary sports photographer Andy Hooper, 62, recalls working on match nights by the touchline. — Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 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