# photographer

The contributor took the photograph, or shot the film, that appears in or constitutes the resource.

This property applies for a participant who captured visual media, whether still photographs or moving images. It does not cover the case of a participant who made a visual record by drawing or painting - see [illustrator](illustrator).

The value of this property is expected to be one of the types:\
[schema:Person](https://schema.org/Person)\
[schema:Organization](https://schema.org/Organization)

This property is used on the type:\
[schema:CreativeWork](https://schema.org/CreativeWork)

[OLAC](http://www.language-archives.org/REC/role.html#photographer)

[List of participant roles](../readme/participants).
