candid

/ˈkæn.dɪd/noun

A photograph taken naturally, without the subject posing.

Example sentence

“The wedding album mixed formal portraits with candids of guests laughing.”

As an adjective it means frank and unguarded: a candid interview, a candid admission. The photo sense grew out of that unguardedness.

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