An InDesign caption can be pushed out of view by the text-wrap boundary of the photograph it overlaps. Check that interaction before changing the caption's color or recreating the photo. If the caption intentionally belongs on the image, its text frame may need to ignore text wrap while nearby body copy continues to respect it.
Define which text should move
For an exhibition leaflet, the main article may flow around a portrait while a small photographer credit sits inside its lower edge. These two text frames have different jobs. Disabling wrapping for the entire photograph can repair the credit while breaking the article's layout.
Adobe documents both object text-wrap boundaries and an Ignore Text Wrap choice under Object > Text Frame Options for individual text frames. Use that frame-specific scope when it matches the intended design. Adobe: Apply text wrap.
Test the relationship with two positions
The following is a proposed diagnostic procedure, not a performed test. Save a copy and note the caption's text, frame size and formatting. Move that frame temporarily away from the photograph's wrap boundary. If the words reappear, return the frame to its intended position and inspect its wrapping behavior.
Select only that caption frame and test Ignore Text Wrap. Keep the photograph, main article and other captions unchanged. If the credit reappears in the intended position while the article still flows correctly, the comparison supports the diagnosis.
If the words remain absent, check the caption's own text, overset state, visibility and stacking. Do not keep toggling an unrelated setting after the evidence stops supporting it. A caption behind an opaque object is not the same condition as text displaced by a wrap boundary.
Review the whole local composition
Once the text is visible, check its contrast and relationship to the photograph. Ignoring wrap permits text to occupy an area; it does not make that area readable. Avoid placing credits across eyes, patterned clothing or other high-detail regions without an appropriate design treatment.
Use a two-frame review record: caption stays in its approved position; article retains its approved contour. A repair is incomplete if the credit appears but the article now overlaps the portrait, or if all new frames unexpectedly inherit an unsuitable behavior.
Acceptance at final size
Export a fresh proof and inspect the caption, the surrounding body copy and the complete photograph. Pass when the credit is present, legible and correctly associated with the image, while the article's intended flow remains intact.
Fail if the caption merely appears on a diagnostic pasteboard position, if text moved into a hidden overflow area, or if a global wrapping change disturbed unrelated pages. Save the frame-specific decision in the editable master so the next person understands why this one frame behaves differently.
Imagild can provide the portrait artwork. Caption frames, text wrapping and InDesign's local exceptions belong to the external layout stage; no automatic caption-placement feature is implied in Imagild.