candid photo

Japanese: candid photo(英語表記)candidphoto
candid photo

...Since then, snapshots (or snaps for short) have come to be generally used to refer to photographs taken with a small camera that instantly freeze the movements of everyday people. As such photographs are also called candid photographs, the essence of snapshots is that they capture reality as it is, with an unpretentious and frank attitude. However, in modern photography, snapshots are important not in terms of the quality of the photograph itself, but as the photographer's (photographer's) way of approaching reality.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "candid photo" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それから転じて現在では,小型カメラを使って動きのある日常的な人間等の姿を瞬間的に固定した写真をスナップ写真(スナップショット,略してスナップとも)と総称するようになった。同様の写真がキャンディッド・フォトcandid photoともいわれるように,気取りのない率直な態度で,ありのままの現実をとらえるところがスナップ写真の本質である。だが現代写真においては,写真自体の質の問題としてではなく,写真家(撮影者)の現実へのアプローチのしかたとしてのスナップショットというものが重要な意味をもつ。…

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