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- noun Alternative spelling of
photo essay .
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Examples
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I originally published the above image a few years ago, accompanied by a simple descriptive caption, as part of a photoessay on Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.
Ian Ference: On 'Ruin Porn' Ian Ference 2011
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I originally published the above image a few years ago, accompanied by a simple descriptive caption, as part of a photoessay on Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.
Ian Ference: On 'Ruin Porn' Ian Ference 2011
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Because this photoessay is rather long, it has been separated into two slideshows.
Shadi Bushra: A Tale of Cities: Khartoum, Sudan and Juba, South Sudan (PHOTOS) Shadi Bushra 2012
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I originally published the above image a few years ago, accompanied by a simple descriptive caption, as part of a photoessay on Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.
Ian Ference: On 'Ruin Porn' Ian Ference 2011
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I originally published the above image a few years ago, accompanied by a simple descriptive caption, as part of a photoessay on Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.
Ian Ference: On 'Ruin Porn' Ian Ference 2011
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Excuse me, sir, I'm doing a photoessay for a journalism class at CUNY and I just took your picture.
V-J Day Mary Alston Capps 2011
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I originally published the above image a few years ago, accompanied by a simple descriptive caption, as part of a photoessay on Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.
Ian Ference: On 'Ruin Porn' Ian Ference 2011
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I originally published the above image a few years ago, accompanied by a simple descriptive caption, as part of a photoessay on Buffalo State Hospital, designed by H.
Ian Ference: On 'Ruin Porn' Ian Ference 2011
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And by abstracts, they mean a 100-250 word outline of the proposed submission - be it written, multimedia, photoessay, model images, etc.
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See also: another “ruins of Detroit” photoessay, this time from Yves Marchand and Roman Meffre.
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