English > photographer: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who takes photographs professionally. |
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| Synonym | lensman |
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| Instances | Brady, Mathew B. Brady | United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits |
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| Eisenstaedt, Alfred Eisenstaedt | United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898) |
| Lange, Dorothea Lange | United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965) |
| Steichen, Edward Jean Steichen | United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973) |
| Stieglitz, Alfred Stieglitz | United States photographer (1864-1946) |
| Talbot, Fox Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot | English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877) |
| Weston, Edward Weston | United States photographer (1886-1958) |
| Narrower | cameraman, camera operator, cinematographer | A photographer who operates a movie camera |
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| paparazzo | A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines |
| press photographer | A photographer who works for a newspaper |
| Broader | artist, creative person | A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination / imagination |
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| Spanish | fotógrafa, fotógrafo, lensman, retratista |
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| Catalan | fotògraf, lensman |
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| Nouns | photography | the act of taking and printing photographs |
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| photography | the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies |
| Verbs | photograph | record on photographic film |
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