Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A series of photographs that conveys a story, usually accompanied by a written text and published as a book or special feature in a periodical.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
photo essay .
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Examples
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* Guatemalan photojournalist James Rodriguez has published a photo-essay documenting protests in Guatemala calling for president Álvaro Colom to resign in the wake of accusations he ordered the assastination of Rodrigo Rosenberg.
Boing Boing 2009
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Haunting photo-essay on rotting buildings in Detroit - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
Film 2009
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Today, I read the most wonderful photo-essay there called A day in the life of a senior editor.
Science Maxine 2009
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The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
"We felt it was very important to make a record of the reality of abortion..." 2009
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The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
Life Issues 2009
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The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
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The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
Culture of Death 2009
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The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.
Abortion 2009
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I suppose it's telling that the New York Times Magazine -- the day before Labor Day -- fronts a photo-essay evoking the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: As 9/11 and the New World Trade Center Overrun Labor Day Michael Shaw 2011
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