photo-essayn.
/ˈfəʊtəʊˌɛseɪ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌɛseɪ/ A series of thematically related photographs, usually supplemented or linked together by a narrative text or commentary; an essay, biography, etc., consisting of numerous photographs, with or without accompanying textual matter.
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paper1652
by-paper1659
communication1668
programme1671
memoira1680
photo-essay1948
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography
family piece1709
hikayat1808
heterobiography1825
necrology1830
life and times1866
life and works1907
photo-biography1915
hagiography1924
vie romancée1941
as-told-to1966
photo-essay1977
1948 Portland (Maine) Press Herald 5 Nov. 15/5 The Atlantic Coast Exhibition by Eliot Elisofon, a Life Magazine photo essay, closes this week end.
1957 Coordinator 5 116/1 In words and pictures this piece reports the efforts of one group of junior high school girls to solve the problem... The implications of this photo-essay are significant.
1976 Publishers Weekly 2 Aug. 104/1 Mexican landscape architect Luis Barragán..in a major book... Seven of his most characteristic works—each briefly prefaced and explored at length in a photo-essay.
1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) ix. 24/2 Michael Bry would..do this photo essay on her.
1993 Canad. Geographic Jan. 86/1 The decline and partial recovery of this magnificent raptor is just one of many fascinating stories in Peregrine Falcons, a spectacular photo essay that will appeal to both avid birders and the everyday reader.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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