photo essay
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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Nearby words
photinia, photism, photius, photo, photo call, photo essay, photo finish, photo layout, photo op, photo opportunity, photo relief
Origin of photo essay
First recorded in 1975–80
Also called photo story.
Related forms
photo essayist, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019