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It's a picture description, I just have to mention the two kinds of "Lampposts" (on a pole and on wall) connected with a conjunction "and". How can I do?
I tried: "Pole street lights and wall street lights"/ "Lampposts and wall street lights"/ "Street lights on pole and on wall"
Without the picture, I can only define the three types of streetlights you might be talking about.
"Lampposts" are poles with a light on top that resembles a lantern or globe. The light goes in all directions horizontally, and possibly up.
"Pole mounted street lights" are poles that have a directional light at the top that points down. Usually there is a bend or a second pole branching off the vertical pole, but there can be a light fixture at the top of one straight pole that points down.
"Wall mounted street lights" are a pole that is attached to a wall that goes horizontal or upward sloping and ends in a directional light that points down.
If your picture has the second two, then you can either say "Pole mounted street lights and wall mounted street lights" or shorten it to "pole mounted and wall mounted street lights."
There is a whole lot of outside lighting; there are wall-mounted lights (or wall bracket street lights, wall lights), street lights, lampposts, street lamps, heritage lights, bollard lights, recessed wall lights, path lights spotlights, post lamps and pole lights.
We may name all of the outside (outdoor/external) lighting.
I would consider "pole light and wall-mounted lights for outside (street) lighting"
Or call them "street lights and outdoor wall-mounted lights"
Another possible way to say it is "outdoor pole/wall-mounted lights (lamps)" or "pole/wall mounted street lights"
