"There are five photos here."

Translation: 这里有五张照片。

[maartendoc]

照 (zhào) = to take (a photo)/photo
片 (piàn) = thin piece/flake/slice
照片 (zhào piàn) = photograph/picture

We saw zhào before in:
照相机 (zhào xiàng jī) = camera

And in:
拍照 (pāi zhào) = to take a picture

[HunorCsaki]

So 张 is the measure word for table, but also for photos?

[StephanusG1]

It's a measure word for flat-surfaced things.

[IndidKid]

Measure for table?

[bnbnb2]

Because it has paperlike(thin and plane) property

[spatchin]

if you say “这儿” rather than "这里“，is "照片儿“ acceptable as well?

[RaymondLueng]

Yes it is

[nar781477]

Does the tone for 片(pian) sound off to anyone else? It should be 4th tone but sounds like 1st tone to me.