photo call

British

noun

a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes

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Writer/Star Cole Escola poses during a photo call for the Broadway comedy "Oh, Mary!" at The Players NYC on June 25, 2024, in New York City.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025

One of the more vulnerable moments the film manages to capture comes when Federer wears the wrong dress shirt to a photo call.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

Colman Domingo, who guest-starred as recovering addict Ali, shared a snapshot from the cast’s Season 2 photo call at Goya Studios in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

He also did a rare photo call for the cameras - posing at the grill wearing a personalised apron and cooking a remarkably large pork chop.

From BBC ● May 24, 2023

Street photographers jostled one another outside the front gate, while invited photographers massed at the photo call within.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021

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