pictorialization

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Noun
  • Is there an extra responsibility toward representation when casting media that purports to represent reality versus casting something scripted?
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • The system converts facial images into a unique numerical representation tied to your account rather than storing raw photos long term.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Carly will modify her design according to the needs of future exhibitions, which include shows with Karen Kilimnik and Joseph Geagan; the latter’s will incorporate portraits of members of the Vegas scene, Carly among them.
    Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • Through simple text and brilliant animal illustrations reminiscent of Eric Carle’s finest, Caldecott honoree Christian Robinson presents a lovely and nuanced portrait of dads across the animal kingdom, from lions to seahorses to humans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Sarah Pidgeon stars in a spring campaign that came out right as her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy on the series Love Story made her the style icon du jour.
    Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
  • Antony Starr has been universally lauded for his portrayal of the mercurial Homelander.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • At a time of intensifying divisions at home, a depiction of Ecuador could offer an Edenic, new-world landscape free from the partisanship tainting Church’s New England landscapes.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Sanchez-Bezos seems to have wanted to send a message through her own look for the night — a Schiaparelli gown riffing off of the John Singer Sargent portrait of Madame X, a depiction of a socialite that caused its own scandalous reception.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Slavery is an appropriate explanation for the Civil War; God’s will is not.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Armed men abducted former Malian minister Mountaga Tall from his home without explanation or arrest warrant, his family said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
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“Pictorialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictorialization. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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