Definition of "photojournalism" [photojournalism]

• Journalism in which a news story is presented primarily through photographs with supplementary written copy. (noun)

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• "Their exhibit of photojournalism from the heady 1950s when the instant city of Brasilia rose up out of the South American desert draws distinct parallels between then and now."
• "The exhibit at 1500 Gallery shows photojournalism from the heady 1950s when the instant city of Brasilia rose up out of the South American desert draws distinct parallels between then and now."
• "Battlespace is an online exhibition of photojournalism from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."