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How to write an image description

Alex Chen
10 min readJul 17, 2020
Header image. Description in caption.
Dark purple text that says, “Object — action — context” on a light purple background.

What is an image description?

<img src=”link” alt=”text goes here”>

How to write a good image description

Object-action-context

Black Lives Matter example. Description below.
Protest sign example. Description below.

How context impacts the description

Photo of a dog example. Description below.

Describing race and gender

Photo of people that mentions identity example. Description below.
Photo of people that doesn’t mention identity example. Description below.

Describing complicated diagrams

Complex diagram example. Description below.

A few last tips

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Alex Chen
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Written by Alex Chen

UX designer and writer with a focus on usability and accessibility. 🌈♿🕺 My pronouns are they/them.

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