photojournalismn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒəːnəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒəːnl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdəˈdʒərnlˌɪzəm/ The use of photographs in journalism; journalism consisting primarily of photographs.
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society > communication > journalism > [noun] > photo-journalism
photo reporting1935
photojournalism1938
photo-reportage1939
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > [noun] > types or methods generally
microphotography1857
pistolgraphy1860
portrait photography1864
pistolography1866
photochronography1887
snap-work1889
gallery-practice1891
photoreproduction1892
telephotography1892
Kodakry1893
fuzzyism1894
mugging1899
action photography1905
press photography1910
trick photography1913
Kodachrome1915
panchromatism1919
photo reporting1935
photojournalism1938
photo-reportage1939
strobe1949
streak photography1950
satellite photography1954
digital photography1972
time-lapse1975
1938 A. Eisenstaedt in W. D. Morgan & H. M. Lester Miniature Camera Wk. iv. 67/1 While Photo-Journalism is a comparatively new development in America, it has already taken quite an important position in Europe, where it developed during the past ten years.
1958 M. F. Harker in Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. xiii. 140 The present trend of photo-journalism which attempts to put over human stories in pictures rather than words.
1977 Time 12 Dec. 60/2 World War II was the longest-running story in the history of Life, the magazine that practically invented photojournalism.
1995 Face Sept. 155/1 Eschewing the moralising tenor of photojournalism, the work of these photographers is marked by an intensely personal approach to the cities they inhabit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1938