A photographer is a person who makes photographs, most commonly using a camera. They may do so as part of photojournalism, for the sake of creating personal mementos, as part of a business model, as artistic expression or for various other reasons.
Photography has become extremely widespread and common in the 21st century. The term photographer is typically applied more narrowly to one who practices photography as a serious or semi-serious pursuit.
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Beckenbauer Pressefotografen2.jpg
German retired soccer-pro Franz Beckenbauer in front of some Paparazzi.
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Douglas Osheroff photographing with his Hasselblad H4D-40 along CA-1, just south of Carmel, Californ...
Epifania de Guadalupe Vallejo (cropped).jpg
Title:
[Fanny Vallejo Frisbie]
Creator/Contributor:
Unknown, Photographer
Date:
[ca. 1865?]
Subject:...
Lucerne Minolta Photographer.jpg
Lucerne Minolta Photographer
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Parliament Square, Ramsey, Isle of Man, used as a marshal's station for race events. Track marshals
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A photograph of someone I met at a photography workshop, as she is in the process of taking a photo....
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English portrait photographer in his studio, 1850s
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2019 Pocono 400
Storformatskamera - Malmö-1985.jpg
En fotograf med en storformatskamera i en park i Malmö 1985.
US Navy 040310-N-0130O-002 Photographers Mate 3rd Class Elizabeth Acosta, from Delano, Calif., documents work being done at a construction site.jpg
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington (Mar. 10, 2004). Photographer's mate 3rd class Elizabet...
Urmas Tartes 2.jpg
Eesti bioloog ja loodusfotograaf Urmas Tartes.
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A portable folding reflector positioned to "bounce" sunlight onto a model.
Portrait of a Daguerreotypist, 1845 (with Frame).jpg
Restored portrait of a Daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and cases