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a strange phenomenon in which the photographer is also the subject of the photograph 

A strange phenomenon in which the photographer is also the subject of the photograph
A strange phenomenon in which the photographer is also the subject of the photograph
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Photographer 

A photographer is a person who takes photographs using a camera. A professional photographer uses photography to make a living, while amateur photographers take photographs for pleasure and to record an event, place or person.

Not all photographers are scene or emo kids and not all rely heavily on photoshop or any other photo editing software (such as GIMP, Lightroom, photobucket, etc) to make their photos look unique.

Some photographers actually are photographers, not just "What just about every scene kid and hipster under the age of 25 calls themselves these days.". Some actually shoot photographs for a purpose rather than because it is the "cool" thing to do at the moment. Some great photographers are Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Les Forrester, Lara Jade, Andrew Gransden, Joe Rosenthal, Jill Greenberg, and Annie Leibovitz.

A photographer may stick to one subject area, such as portraiture or nature strictly, but quite a few usually spread their subject areas among many different kinds of photography, such as nature, portraiture, still life, photojournalism, urban & rural, and architecture, just to name a few.
She became a photographer in hopes that she would one day become as great as Ansel Adams.
Photographer by SavannahGrey January 13, 2010

wild-life photographer 

A party photographer. This artist documents people, usually young privileged white kids, and their wild lifestyles. Classic photographers who fit this category are Larry Clark, director of KIDS. A contemporary artist would be the Cobrasnake.
The preferred format for this type of photography is digital, while polaroid appeals to a more specific/pretentious genre of wild lifers. Also, the portfolio's of wild-life photographers are usually their facebook pages.
Me: My friend Kara is an avid wild-life photographer

You: Oh, I didn't know she photographed animals

Me: She's doesn't photograph animals, she photographs PARTY ANIMALS!

freelance photographer 

A photographer who works for themselves. Sells their photos to whoever wishes to buy them.
Ooh, lookie! Mildred's decided to become a freelance photographer! She works for nobody but herself! What a lucky bitch!
freelance photographer by Amandel December 28, 2006

Photographist 

A photographist is someone who is:

a) unfamiliar with the English language;

b) has a malfunctioning camera which randomly causes photos to appear as though they had been captured by a professional photographer.
What a great photo! You can attribute it to my amazing photographist skills.
Photographist by 393 May 11, 2011

protographer

protographer; noun, someone who not only owns fine camera equipment, but is skilled in it's use. Someone with the ability to take an excellent photo even with low quality equipment based on talent and skill. A professional photographer.
protographer protographer. Jim takes lots of photos with his camera and sometimes he gets a nice picture. Carolyn can take Jim's camera and take a picture that people will actually pay money for !
protographer by Smartycat June 15, 2011

photographer 

person who, despite their best efforts, can't help but to take:
1.) an enormous amount of photos
2.) a normal amount of photos that always turn out to be amazing
aka: shutterbug
~CAUTION~
people might POSE as a photographer;
in reality they are stalking you when they use that long lens to see inside your window
photographer by dominique hamilton December 11, 2006