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photographer

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Photographers and models

Etymology

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

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photographer (plural photographers)

  1. (photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.
    • 2015 July 3, “The Outside Land”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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]:
      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.

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