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

Serhiy, my photographer and fixer, stopped to study a bank of mailboxes in the stairwell. —Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026

Cohen has also been working on a documentary about Leaf, as well as a tender short film called Robert and June (and all the time in the world), a dual portrait of Leaf and her husband, the photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank. —Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Erin Austen Abbott is a freelance writer and photographer with a focus on lifestyle, travel, food, art, culture, and design. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026

This gallery was curated by photographer Dolores Ochoa, based in Quito, Ecuador. —ABC News, 24 Apr. 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
• historiographer
• lexicographer