picture desk

noun

The photography department of a newspaper.

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Meanings

nounpicture desk (plural picture desks)

plural picture desks

  1. journalismThe photography department of a newspaper.

    So he was being controlled through Jamaica, through a taciturn man who was head of the picture desk on the Daily Gleaner, the famous newspaper of the Caribbean.

    1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 10
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APA

picture desk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture%20desk

MLA

“picture desk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture%20desk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picture desk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture%20desk.

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