Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) a photographer.

1913		Technical World XIX 395/1: The elements of the air, celebrities refusing to pose, [...] and a dozen other things may make the newspaper ‘fotog’ ready to throw up the sponge .
1929		M. Levin Reporter 34: Scotty of the News Gazette, his photog, art-nosed Jamieson.
1938		W. Winchell On Broadway 7 May [synd. col.] Johnny Engstadt, the Paramount fotog (for ‘stills’) flooded the mags with her likeness.
1939		W. Winchell On Broadway 20 Sept. [synd. col.] Life and Time’s clever photogger Carl Meidans.
1940		‘Digg Mee’ ‘Observation Post’ in N.Y. Age 14 Dec. 10/5: Digg Mee’s tip to the wife of a certain Mt Vernon fotog must have hit home.
1942		W. Winchell On Broadway 28 Jan. [synd. col.] Eddie Lynch of that gazette’s photog staff.
1946		W. Winchell 23 Mar. [synd. col.] The photogger arrived as FDR’s eldest son exited.
1948		Dan Burley ‘Back Door Stuff’ 6 Nov. [synd. col.] Our reporters, artists, fotogs, etc.
1951		M. Spillane One Lonely Night 106: The photogs snapped his picture.
1952		W. Winchell ‘On Broadway’ 4 Sept. [synd. col.] Look’s ace photogger Doug Jones.
1960		K. Amis letter 2 May in Leader (2000) 572: A royal princess [...] is united with a dog-faced tight-jeaned fotog of fruitarian tastes.
1964		E. Wilson Earl Wilson’s N.Y. 105: They attract both girl and guy models, art directors and photogs.
1989		C. Hiaasen Skin Tight 32: I did a Penthouse tryout and the photog makes some crack about my tits.
2021		J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 91: Our fotog shot film and stills.