Kuvaajista

Kuvaajista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun kuvaaja, meaning photographer. In Finnish grammar the elative case commonly expresses origin or source, so kuvaajista can mean “from the photographers” or, in constructions with verbs like koostua, “consisting of photographers.” It is not a standalone concept; rather it is a grammatical form used to describe groups, sources, or materials connected to photographers.

Morphology and related forms: The base noun is kuvaaja (photographer). Plural nominative is kuvaajat. Genitive plural is kuvaajien. Elative plural is kuvaajista, as in “Ryhmä koostuu kuvaajista” (The group consists of photographers) or “Kuvaajista koostuva tiimi osallistui näyttelyyn” (A team composed of photographers participated in the exhibition). Other common forms include partitive plural kuvaajia (photographers, as a partitive) and singular elative kuvaajasta (from a photographer).

Usage and context: kuvaajista appears most often in formal or descriptive prose, particularly when detailing the composition of a group, the provenance of material, or sources in reporting and academic writing. It signals a reference to photographers as a collective rather than to any single individual.

See also: kuvaaja, valokuvaaja, kuvaaminen. These terms cover the broader field of photography and its practitioners in Finnish, while kuvaajista specifically marks a source or component relating to photographers in the elative plural form.