lensman

/ˈlɛnzmən/

Other forms: lensmen

Definitions of lensman

1. noun

   someone who takes photographs professionally
   synonyms: photographer

   examples:

   Mathew B. Brady

   United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896)

   Alfred Eisenstaedt

   United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898)

   Dorothea Lange

   United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965)

   Edward Jean Steichen

   United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973)

   Alfred Stieglitz

   United States photographer (1864-1946)

   William Henry Fox Talbot

   English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)

   Edward Weston

   United States photographer(1886-1958)

   types:

   camera operator, cameraman, cinematographer

   a photographer who operates a movie camera

   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

   type of:

   artist, creative person

   a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination