Handout photo

How it is used

Identify who supplied the image and check its context and permitted use; supplied does not mean independently verified.

Example sentences

1. The caption identified the picture as a handout photo supplied by the research institute.

   The credit makes the image's external origin visible to readers.

2. We checked when the handout photo was taken before using it in today's report.

   A newly supplied image may depict an older event.

Common collocations

• use a handout photo
• official handout photo
• credit a handout photo

Related terms

• captionA short piece of text under or next to a photo, chart or video that explains what it shows, who is in it and sometimes who took it.
• verifyTo check carefully that information, a photo, a video or a source is real and true before you use or publish it.

More terms: News Gathering and Sources

• source
• press release
• press conference
• scoop
• news agency
• anonymous source
• tip-off
• embargo
• press pass
• eyewitness
• spokesperson
• statement