artographer

noun

artographer

noun

Etymology Blend of art + photograph.

1

An artist who uses photography as the basis of his or her work.

  • This amateur artographer works like a pro. He owns a Pentax.1975, Canadian Saturday Night:
  • A whole salonful of artographers!1988, Ted Orland, Scenes of Wonder & Curiosity:
2 more examples
  • Its their vision or at least the vision of whom they represent that accommodates the flourishing artographers.1999, Shirley Madill, Sit(e)ings: Trajectories for a Future, page 31:
  • Once it was all over, the crowd formed around them once more to gaze at the artographer, his muse, and the work that was a product of them both.2016, Samantha Ricks, The Muse’s Opus:

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