Camera-shy


unwilling or afraid to be photographed or filmed.
Contemporary Examples

Michael Steele’s GOP Enemies Matt Latimer December 11, 2010
Could Silvio Berlusconi’s Daughter Take Over Italy, Too? Barbie Latza Nadeau May 9, 2014

Historical Examples

We Can’t Have Everything Rupert Hughes

adjective
having an aversion to being photographed or filmed

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  • Camerawoman

    a woman who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.

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    noun (printing) type matter ready to be photographed for plate-making without further alteration Also called mechanical

  • Cameral

    of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber or the privacy of such a chamber. cameralistic. adjective of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber

  • Cameralism

    any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.


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