pictorial

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In the 1940s, Lam developed his own distinctive, hybrid figures, pictographic language and pictorial style.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

For current fans, “Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear,” by Gyles Brandreth, and “The Making of Winnie-the-Pooh,” by James Campbell, remind us of the verbal and pictorial pleasures of Pooh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The stylistic choices result in a striking, distinctly pictorial aesthetic in line with earlier projects that Han and Vallade worked on, such as “Long Way North” and “Calamity,” both directed by Rémi Chayé.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

In one of the earliest examples of his "pictorial" photography, Fading Away, Robinson combined five separate negatives to produce a scene showing a dying girl surrounded by her family.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

Now, as the Asian festivities were apparently drawing to a close, a national pictorial magazine decided to do a “sensitive” and “searching” feature on Milagro’s “anguish.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols