photo caption
Picture's text label
A photo caption is the text accompanying a photograph, typically appearing directly below or beside the image.
Captions identify people, places, or events in the photo, provide context, or add commentary.
In journalism, captions follow specific conventions: The caption identified the woman on the left as the mayor.
Social media has loosened caption style considerably.
- subtitleSecondary title text
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- textWritten or printed words
- alt textWritten substitute for visuals
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
legend · tagline · cutline · moment · story · behind the scenes · memory · annotation · Instagram · social media · label · quote · credits · album · scrapbook · journalism · news article · press release
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- captionssubtitles, subtitle, SDH
- photo sharingphotos, albums, sharing, snapshot, portrait
- photojournalismpicture story, reportage, documentary series, news photos, war photos
photo captionheadline
News article title
banner headline · title · masthead · lead paragraph · feature story
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