photographer

pho‧tog‧ra‧pher /fəˈtɒɡrəfə $ -ˈtɑːɡrəfər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: photo, photograph, photographer, photography; adjective: photogenic, photographic; verb: photograph]

someone who takes photographs, especially as a professional or as an artist:
• a fashion photographer
• • •

THESAURUS

   ▪ artist someone who produces art, especially paintings or drawings: • an exhibition of paintings by 50 contemporary artists | • a wildlife artist who specializes in drawing birds
   ▪ painter someone who paints pictures: • the Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer | • Sisley was principally a landscape painter.
   ▪ photographer someone who takes photographs, as an art or as a job: • Cartier-Bresson was one of the greatest photographers of all time. | • a fashion photographer
   ▪ potter someone who makes pots or other objects from clay: • In Spain, local potters produce ceramics with beautiful brightly-coloured designs.
   ▪ sculptor someone who makes sculptures (=a work of art that is made from stone, metal, or wood): • The museum has several pieces by the great English sculptor, Sir Henry Moore.
   ▪ performance artist someone who uses acting, dance and other actions to create art that expresses an idea: • a one-man show by the French performance artist, Orlan

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

photographer

pho·tog·raph·er [photographer photographers] [fəˈtɒɡrəfə(r)] [fəˈtɑːɡrəfər] noun

a person who takes photographs, especially as a job

• a wildlife/fashion/portrait photographer

Example Bank:

• Photographer Darren Kidd captured the unique atmosphere of the event.

• She didn't think much of the photographers snapping away at her.

• The photographer shot the usual roll of pictures.

• They had hired another photographer for the wedding.

• a staff photographer at the ‘New York Times’

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

photograph

photograph /ˈfəʊ.tə.grɑːf/ US /ˈfoʊ.ţoʊ.græf/
noun [C] (INFORMAL photo)
a picture produced using a camera:
a colour/black-and-white photograph
aerial photographs
nude photographs
My parents took a lot of photographs of us when we were small.

photograph /ˈfəʊ.tə.grɑːf/ US /ˈfoʊ.ţoʊ.græf/
verb [T]
I prefer photographing people rather than places.
[+ object + ing form of verb] MacKay was photographed leaving the building.

photographer /fəˈtɒg.rə.fəʳ/ US /-ˈtɑː.grə.fɚ/
noun [C]
a person who takes photographs, either as a job or hobby:
a fashion/press/amateur photographer

photographic /ˌfəʊ.təˈgræf.ɪk/ US /ˌfoʊ.ţə
adjective
photographic equipment/film/materials
photographic skills
Her paintings are almost photographic in their detail and accuracy.

photographically
adverb

photography
noun [U]
(the activity or job of taking) photographs or films:
She's doing an evening class in photography.
The film won an award for its photography.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

photographer

/fətɒgrəfə(r)/
(photographers)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

A photographer is someone who takes photographs as a job or hobby.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

photographer

pho·tog·ra·pher /fəˈtɑːgrəfɚ/ noun, pl -phers [count] : a person who takes photographs especially as a job
• He worked for the magazine as a fashion photographer.