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((short description|Photograph captured without creating a posed appearance))
((About||the Soviet aircraft with the [[NATO reporting name]] "Candid"|Ilyushin Il-76|the Monty Python sketch|Nudge Nudge))
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[[File:Biograph Theatre, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, August 1988; photographer, Jeff Wassmann.jpg|thumb|A candid photograph, made in Chicago in 1988]]
'''Candid photography''' is [[photography]] captured without creating a posed appearance. This style is also called [[street photography]], spontaneous photography or snap shooting. Professional photographers sometimes shoot candid photos of strangers on the street or in other public places such as parks and beaches. Candid photography captures natural expressions and moments that might not be possible to reproduce in a studio or posed photo shoot. This style of photography is most often used to capture people in their natural state without them noticing the [[camera]]. The main focus is on capturing the candid expressions and moments of life. Candid photography can be used in a variety of settings such as family gatherings, special events, and everyday street scenes. It is also a popular choice for wedding photos and professional [[Portrait|portraits]]. Candid photography is often seen as a more honest representation of the subject than posed photography. To capture candid photos, the [[photographer]] may need to observe the subject from a distance or use a long lens or telephoto zoom lens. This allows for capturing the subject in their [[natural environment]] without them being aware of the camera. The photographer may need to be quick and have an eye for interesting compositions and backgrounds.  

Candid photography can be used to capture a wide variety of subjects and occasions. It is a popular style of photography for [[street photography]], [[wedding photography]], [[portrait photography]], and event photography. It can be used to capture candid moments of life, such as people walking on the street, children playing in the park, or family gatherings. It can also be used to capture moments of joy and celebration. Candid photography is also used in journalism and documentary photography.

A '''candid photograph''' is a photograph captured without creating a posed appearance. The candid nature of a photograph is unrelated to the subject's knowledge about or consent to the fact that photographs are being taken, and are unrelated to the subject's permission for further usage and distribution. The crucial factor is the actual absence of posing. However, if the intent is that the subject is absolutely unaware of being photographed and does not even expect it, then such photography is [[secret photography]], which is a special case of candid photography.

==As an art form==
[[File:Interiorsexample.jpg|thumb|<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Candid photograph by [[Young British Artists|YBA]] artist [[Henry Bond]]</div>]]

The person who is generally credited with being the first available light "candid" photographer is Dr. [[Erich Salomon]] who photographed the social elite in Berlin, Germany and politicians and diplomats during the late 1920s and early 1930s with a 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 glass plate or cut, sheet, film camera called the Ermanox, fitted with an f/1.8 Ernostar lens. The Ermanox was introduced by the Ernemann-Werke (Works) of Dresden, Germany, in 1924.

It was said by the French Minister of the Colonies Aristide Briand, that "There are just three things necessary for a League of Nations conference: a few Foreign Secretaries, a table and Salomon".<ref>Beaumont Newhall, ''The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day'', New York: Museum of Modern Art, 3rd Edition, 1982, P.220</ref> On seeing Salomon's photographs, so utterly different in revelation from the traditional, posed, studio portraits or the formal, flash-powder illuminated, group photographs, an English editor called them "candid photographs"((Citation needed|date=May 2015)) an art of observation , a phrase which got stuck with the public.

The camera most suited to Salomon's approach, and which came to be dubbed as the "candid camera", was the Leica, the camera designed by Oscar Barnack and introduced by the Ernst Leitz company in 1924 and which was the forerunner of all 35 mm cameras of today.<ref>((cite book| first=Beaumont | last=Newhall | author-link = Beaumont Newhall | title=The History of Photography: From 1839 to the present | publisher=[[Museum of Modern Art]] | location=New York | isbn=978-0870703812 | year=1964 |orig-year=1937 ))</ref>

Some professional photographers developed candid photography into an art form. [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]] might be considered the master of the art of candid photography, capturing the "decisive moment" in everyday life over a span of several decades. [[Arthur Fellig]], better known as Weegee, was one of the great photographers to document life in the streets of [[New York City|New York]] to often capture life — and death — at their rawest edges.

Almost all the successful photographers in the field of candid photography master the art of making people relax and feel at ease around the camera, they master the art of blending in at parties, of finding acceptance despite an obvious intrusive element - the camera. How subjects react to photographer's presence with the camera depends on how knowledgeable the artist is on the craft, the approach and the execution of the shot.  This is certainly true for most celebrity photographers, such as [[René Burri]], or Raeburn Flerlage.

It could be argued that candid photography is the purest form of [[photojournalism]]. There is a fine line between photojournalism and candid photography, a line that was blurred by photographers such as Bresson and [[Weegee]]. Photojournalism often sets out to tell a story in images, whereas candid photography simply captures people living an event.

==Camera equipment==
[[File:Leica-II-p1030003.jpg|thumb|The 35mm [[Leica Camera|Leica camera]] first introduced in the 1920s is associated with candid photography.]]
[[File:Wm H Taft smiling 1908.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|One of a 1908 series of candid photographs by [[Harris & Ewing photo studio|George W. Harris]] titled ''The Evolution of a Smile''; just after a formal portrait session, [[William Howard Taft]] learns by telephone from Theodore Roosevelt that he has been nominated by the Republican Party for the office of President.]]
Unobtrusive camera equipment, often small in size, is preferred for candid photography to avoid disturbing subjects.

Candid photography also typically requires use of [[available light]] since [[flash photography|flash]] alerts subjects to the camera and may startle them, causing them to react or become self-conscious and stage their photo appearance rather than behaving naturally.  For this reason, early candid photography took place outdoors, where the sun provides ample light. Indoor candid photography required the development of more sensitive films with higher film speeds ([[Film speed|ISO]]) and aggressive methods of developing films ("[[push processing]]") to increase sensitivity.  Therefore, candid photography was historically associated with the grainy, high contrast images that result from these techniques. The introduction of digital cameras has made it easier to take pictures in low light conditions without flash.<ref name="Langford">((cite book
|title = Basic Photography (7th Edition.)
|author = Michael Langford
|year = 2000
|publisher = Focal Press
|location = Oxford
|isbn = 0-240-51592-7
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/basicphotography00lang
))</ref>  Full-frame [[DSLR]] cameras have brought high-ISO noise to historically low levels, allowing for clean, saturated images at higher ISO.

==See also==
* ''[[Candid Camera]]''
* [[Celebrity photography]]
* [[Documentary photography]]
* [[Paparazzi]]
* [[Photojournalism]]
* [[Reportage]]
* [[Secret photography]]
* [[Snapshot (photography)]]
* [[Street photography]]
* [[Upskirt|Upskirt photography]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((Commonscatinline))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201233747/http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/chapter5.html ''Photojournalism Ethics'': Chapter 5, "The Right to Privacy"]

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((Henri Cartier-Bresson))

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