Fotoreporter

press photographer

noun FOH-to-re-por-ter Rare

Also means

photojournalist

Usage Note

Fotoreporter is a journalist whose primary medium is photography, often working in news or documentary contexts. Slightly more formal than Pressefotograf. Feminine: Fotoreporterin.

Examples

"Der Fotoreporter riskierte sein Leben, um Bilder aus dem Krisengebiet zu bringen."

Natural Translation

The press photographer risked his life to bring back images from the conflict zone.

Literal Translation

The photo-reporter risked his life, in order images from the crisis-area to bring.

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