fotogrāfs

Via some other European language, ultimately a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) (combining form φωτ- (phōt-)) and γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze; to write”).

fotogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: fotogrāfe)

1. (male) photographer (man who takes photographs, typically as an occupation; a specialist in photography)

   redakcijas fotogrāfs ― editorial, newspaper photographer

   mākslas fotogrāfs ― art photographer

   doties pie fotogrāfa ― to go to the photographer

   mācīties par fotogrāfu ― to study (to be) a photographer

   Pavločevs turēja rokās stūri tik cītīgi, it ka pozētu fotogrāfam ― Pavločevs held the steering wheel tight in his hands, as if posing to a photographer

   mūsu fotogrāfi aizvien biežāk rīko portretu izstādes ― our photographers are organizing portrait exhibitions increasingly more often

• fotogrāfija
• fotogrāfisks
• fotografēt