photographer

person who takes photographs
Occupation occupation Q33231
photographer
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A photographer is an individual whose occupation involves capturing images [1]. This role is defined specifically by the professional activity of taking photographs [1].

photographer

Summary

photographer is an occupation[1]. photographer draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (occupation category, ranking #146 of 676).[2]

Key Facts

  • photographer's instance of is recorded as occupation[3].
  • photographer's instance of is recorded as being[4].
  • photographer is a type of visual artist[5].
  • photographer's Commons category is recorded as Photographers[6].
  • photographer's patron saint is recorded as Saint Veronica[7].
  • photographer's field of this occupation is recorded as photography[8].
  • photographer's field of this occupation is recorded as photographing[9].
  • photographer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Photographers[10].
  • photographer's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 3431[11].
  • photographer's described at URL is recorded as https://www.langdonroad.com/[12].
  • photographer's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/Photographers_in_The_New_York_Public_Library_July_20_2010.pdf[13].
  • photographer's described at URL is recorded as https://gary.saretzky.com/photohistory/[14].
  • photographer's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as craft=photographer[15].
  • photographer's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox photographer[16].
  • photographer's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Photographer[17].
  • photographer's different from is recorded as photographist[18].
  • photographer's has list is recorded as list of photographers[19].
  • photographer's has list is recorded as list of women photographers[20].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مصورة'}[21].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'مصوره'}[22].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'fotógrafa'}[23].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'фатографка'}[24].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'фотографка'}[25].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'fotògrafa'}[26].
  • photographer's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'fotografka'}[27].

Why It Matters

photographer draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (occupation category, ranking #146 of 676).[2] photographer has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] photographer is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . gupea.ub.gu.se. gupea.ub.gu.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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