What Does This Mean?
A top-down photograph in which objects are arranged on a flat surface and shot from directly above, very common on Instagram for food, products, outfits and "what's in my bag" posts. Often shortened to just "flatlay".
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""She posted a flat lay of her coffee, notebook and sunglasses on the desk.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Adobe's photography guide describes flat lay photography as a top-down style where objects are arranged on a flat surface and photographed from a bird's-eye view, used for food and recipes, product showcases, craft projects, personal storytelling and marketing backgrounds with space for text. No inventor or first use of the term is documented in the sources opened, and the link to Instagram rests on commercial guides rather than a dated history. The term is a photography label more than slang.
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