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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A series of photographs that conveys a story, usually accompanied by a written text and published as a book or special feature in a periodical.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of photo essay.

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Examples

  • * Guatemalan photojournalist James Rodriguez has published a photo-essay documenting protests in Guatemala calling for president Álvaro Colom to resign in the wake of accusations he ordered the assastination of Rodrigo Rosenberg.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Haunting photo-essay on rotting buildings in Detroit - Boing Boing

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.

    Film 2009

  • Today, I read the most wonderful photo-essay there called A day in the life of a senior editor.

    Science Maxine 2009

  • The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.

    "We felt it was very important to make a record of the reality of abortion..." 2009

  • The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.

    Life Issues 2009

  • The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.

    Culture of Death 2009

  • The New York Times '"Lens" blog (!) has a powerful, gut-wrenching article and photo-essay about Prof. Migliorino Miller, theology professor at Madonna University and the director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and her photographs of aborted children.

    Abortion 2009

  • I suppose it's telling that the New York Times Magazine -- the day before Labor Day -- fronts a photo-essay evoking the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

    Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: As 9/11 and the New World Trade Center Overrun Labor Day Michael Shaw 2011

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