photographeress

English

Etymology

From photographer +‎ -ess.

Noun

photographeress (plural photographeresses)

1. (rare) A female photographer.
   • 1891, The Oberlin Review:

     Miss Ring has become a crack amateur photographeress, and recently favored her Oberlin friends with some beautiful "snap shots" of French peasant women...

   • 1975, E M Broner, Her Mothers:

     "The photographeress?" "The woman photographer of your firm." "She's not here now. She's off taking pictures of Southern coastal trees."

   • 1998, Heinz K Henisch, Positive Pleasures: Early Photography and Humor:

     As your charming photographeress cannot explain by word what she wishes...

Synonyms

• camerawoman
• photographess