picture editorn.Journalism a person with overall responsibility for the photographs and other images that appear in a newspaper or magazine; an editor who works on a picture desk.
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1919 Times 15 May 3/3 (advt.) Wanted, Picture Editor for important weekly newspaper; must be able to procure and initiate photographs.
2001 Guardian 10 Oct. i. 3/1 63-year-old picture editor Bob Stevens died after inhaling anthrax.