photographer
noun
pho·tog·ra·pher
fə-ˈtä-grə-fər 
: 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
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The 11-day trip is led by National Geographic photographer Mattias Klum and Behzad J. Larry, founder of the High Asia Habitat Fund who has been documenting the Himalayan wildcats for several years.
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AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Images taken by wildlife photographer Isaac Ogden show the creatures breaching the surface near the rocky coastline.
—Brendan Rascius
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
The photographer, Shaoyu Zhang, captured Oxygen-III data to bring out the blues and greens in the image and took more than 148 hours of exposures.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
This placid scene taken with a Canon R6 Mark II camera by photographer Paul Joels captures the Milky Way in the sky over a boathouse in Lulworth Cove in the U.K.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Images taken by wildlife photographer Isaac Ogden show the creatures breaching the surface near the rocky coastline.
—Brendan Rascius
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
The photographer, Shaoyu Zhang, captured Oxygen-III data to bring out the blues and greens in the image and took more than 148 hours of exposures.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025
This placid scene taken with a Canon R6 Mark II camera by photographer Paul Joels captures the Milky Way in the sky over a boathouse in Lulworth Cove in the U.K.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for photographer
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“Photographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photographer. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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