headshot
or head shot
a photograph of someone's face, especially a promotional photograph of a model, actor, or author.
Origin of headshot
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How to use headshot in a sentence
It’s basically like a little romantic resume with a headshot or three that makes you look attractive.
Why You Don't Feel as Fulfilled From Your Job as You Think You Should | Eliana Dockterman | January 25, 2021 | TimeI took this photo as part of a light test for professional headshots, so it’s using three fancy studio lights placed in specific spots to get the desired effect.
Photoshop’s Neural Filters can alter people’s expressions in convincing—and nightmarish—ways | Stan Horaczek | October 22, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe software uses suspects’ headshots to scan for real-time matches via the city’s subway cameras.
Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals | Karen Hao | October 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewLai — who settled a lawsuit against Binary’s cofounders earlier this year after alleging a culture of harassment at the firm, including a requirement that female job applicants submit headshots — will now be writing a quarter of those checks.
Bullpen Capital raises $130 million more to fund the far afield and misunderstood | Connie Loizos | October 1, 2020 | TechCrunchA chair fit for someone who makes headlines as much as he makes headshots.
Everything I Learned in My Quest for a Better Work-From-Home Chair | Patrick Lucas Austin | July 29, 2020 | Time
They were trying to fire at the presumed assassin or assassins and accidentally fired the headshot.
Who Really Killed JFK? Experts Pick the Wildest Conspiracy Theories | Thomas Flynn | November 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFreed from the confines of the traditional headshot, the President stands waist-up, flanked by two flags.
Say Cheese! White House Unveils Second-Term Obama Portrait | John Avlon | January 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe director came across her headshot and invited her to meet and discuss the role(s).
Naomi Watts on ‘The Impossible,’ Personal Tragedy, and Playing Princess Diana | Marlow Stern | December 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Dish comments: "For attractive women, attaching a headshot to a resume isn't recommended."
Last Thursday Jermaine replaced his own large headshot at the top left of his Web site with a video of his mother.
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