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1. Colloquial abbreviation of photograph.
1860Queen Victoria Let. 24 Oct. in R. Fulford Dearest Child (1964) 275 She is waiting to know..about the photo. Ibid. 28 Nov. 286, I send you (to look at only) a wonderful photo: of the Queen of Naples. 1861D. G. Rossetti Let. 11 July (1965) II. 411 The only way I know about Scott's photos, is to send you a set I have. 1870M. Bridgman Ro. Lynne II. x. 215, I should like her photo. 1877Princess Alice in Mem. (1884) 357, I send you the last photos done of the children. 1893Romanes in Life 313 The photos..make me realise what splendid work the buildings are.
2. Colloquial (technical) abbreviation for photographic: see also photo- 2.
1889Nature 31 Oct. 647/2 Corrected for photo work. 1890Anthony's Photogr. Bull. III. 271, I have written so often to the various year books and photo papers on this subject.
b. = photo-finish. Also attrib.
1937N.Y. Times 3 Jan. S7/3 Kindred Spirit survived a hair-raising finish to take a photo decision at 18–1 under Jimmy Start. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 2 Oct. 15 War Trophy..closed with a belated rush..to earn the photo. 1950Ibid. 1 June 21/8 (heading) Tar wins in photo. 1976Scottish Daily Express 23 Dec. 10/6 Brigadier General Preston Gilbride's ex-Irish colt..collared Gambling Prince..smoothly in the closing stages to win by four lengths..with the photo showing Bronson to have held O'Conna out of third spot.
3. attrib. and Comb., as photo-frame, photo-stand, etc.; photo opportunity orig. U.S., an opportunity provided for press and television photographers to take photographs of a celebrity or celebrities.
1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 27 Odds and ends in the way of photo-stands [etc.]. 1902Daily Chron. 5 Sept., Fancy leather and photo-frame work. 1974Rather & Gates Palace Guard iii. xx. 242 Photographers and reporters already had been alerted..that the ‘photo opportunity’ would be coming off momentarily. 1977Guardian Weekly 2 Oct. 16/1 This maneuvering leaves open whether a Geneva conference would be a mere ‘photo opportunity’ or whether..it could be a prelude to..serious bilateral bargaining. 1984Sunday Times 14 Oct. 19/7 ‘Photo opportunities’, where television cameras are ushered in to record the president carrying out his formal duties.
Hence as v. trans., to photograph; also ˈphoto'd, ˈphotoed, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
1868D. G. Rossetti Let. 21 Feb. (1965) II. 653, I shall be anxious to have a set of his admirable photo'd drawings. 1870Carlyle Let. Anderson 20 Mar., No mask that has it not..can be accepted to engrave from or be thought worth photoing. 1889J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xviii. 291 We had no objection to being photo'd full-length. 1928A. Huxley Let. 12 Dec. (1969) 304 The type is photoed on to sheets of jelly..and printed from the jelly. 1973A. Behrend Samarai Affair xi. 109 O.K. sarge. Do we..wait till you've had him photoed?
Add:[3.] photo op (occas. photo opp) colloq. (orig. U.S.) = photo opportunity s.v. photo n. 3.
1982N.Y. Times 14 June b8/4 The regulars in this event [sc. a baseball match between Democrats and Republicans]..treat it as a relief from workaday umbrage and possibly even as that rare ‘photo op’ celebrating real life. 1987Times 9 May 24/8 She..provided *photo-opps, usually wearing tight jeans, in the garden of her Long Island house. 1992A. Maupin Maybe the Moon xi. 133 A canny photographer, recognizing a great photo op, deposited the dainty Lya on the not-so-dainty lap of the famous financier. |