photographer

From photograph +‎ -er, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), genitive singular of φῶς (phôs, “light”) (fōs) and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). By surface analysis, photograph +‎ er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/

photographer (plural photographers)

2. (photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
   • 2015 July 3, “The Outside Land”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:

     Award-winning Sydney photographer Stephen Dupont’s latest exhibition focuses on change and detribalisation in Papua New Guinea .

   • 2024 July 15, Aïda Amer, “How photographers view the photos of Trump's assassination attempt”, in Axios‎^[2], archived from the original on 6 August 2026:

     Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event.

• lensman, lenswoman, photog, tog
• photographist (dated)

• rephotograph