headshot

noun

head·shot ˈhed-ˌshät

variants or less commonly head shot

plural headshots also head shots

: a photograph of a person's head and face

When you dream of becoming a big actor, the first thing you have to do is make sure you have your headshots done.—

Stephen Adamson

The difference can be seen by comparing her 2016 headshot—which she also used for this year's Miss Michigan competition—to the recently minted headshot that will be the first thing Miss America judges see of her.—

Justine McGuire

The closet doors were covered with taped-up magazine photos of cast members from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, interspersed with a few dewy-eyed head shots of some androgynous blond actors that Nerese couldn't identify …—

Richard Price

When I saw her the next day, I noticed that she had printed out my prof's head shot from his Web site and stuck it on the dartboard in her dorm room.—

Theresa O'Rourke

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Fix your headshot, write a clear bio and craft a compelling about section. —

Jodie Cook, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 The work consisted of eighteen professional black-and-white headshots of his artist contemporaries, including Sherman, Holzer, Jeff Koons, and Robert Longo. —

Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024 One of the headshots belongs to Mills, the Perception CEO, who is named as WorldConnect’s U.K. Business Developer. —

Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024 The data was then used to create an ID card template of C.L., except the gang used a photo of Council for the headshot. —

Michael Kan, PCMAG, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for headshot