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unposed

(ʌnˈpəʊzd)
adj
(of a painting or photograph) not posed
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Adj.1.unposed - not arranged for pictorial purposesunposed - not arranged for pictorial purposes; "unposed photographs"
posed - arranged for pictorial purposes
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"He had to stop several times to catch his breath, but he kept going until he got the old man to where he wanted to be in Arafat." To ensure that his photos were natural and unposed, Almusihij made himself inconspicuous for 30 minutes as he watched the act of charity and kindness unfold.
It is perhaps for this reason that we now see all secular disciplines as <<methodologically atheist>> even though for the Christian, as Newman argued, this means that all the truly crucial theoretical questions (which a genuine practical philosophy cannot ignore) about the mind, the body, nature, history, language, and even perhaps number, have to go unposed and unanswered.
Spontaneous, its subjects unposed, its language unrehearsed, each poem has the effect of being taken with a Polaroid camera." The judges observed that "John writes poems that are resistant to overwrought aesthetics, poems that have popular appeal yet are uninhibited by audience, poems whose casual demeanour belie their fight against casualty."
But there are very few interiors, or unposed photographs of people going about their everyday life or undertaking the kind of rituals or ceremonies that are common in Spiti.
"My style is very candid, natural and completely unposed - perfect for the brides and grooms who want relaxed, informal wedding photography without all the fuss."
Capturing unposed, unstaged, unadulterated scenes of daily life with little to no technical post-processing and manipulation required to maintain its authenticity, is a significant influence for me to take it up as a serious hobby."
They aren't posed, exactly, but they aren't unposed either.
Yet the question of why Madison might have felt compelled to gain Jefferson's approval by altering his notes in the 1790s remains unposed and thus unanswered.
(COURTESY UNPOSED) CLOCKWISE FROM TOP OF PAGE: Esprit de Corps Commandos and GOFOs post-game.
His private secretary, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, recalled how thousands of sketches "flew" from his hand, his pencil moving at lightning speed as his models wandered about unposed and natural - dressing, undressing, washing - relaxed enough to forget he was there and allowing him to capture the slightest nuances, the tiniest gestures.