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photo essay
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noun
a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
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Also called photo story.
Origin of photo essay
First recorded in 1975–80
OTHER WORDS FROM photo essay
photo essayist, nounWords nearby photo essay
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