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contre jour

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con⋅tre-jour

  [kon-truh-zhoor; Fr. kawntruh-zhoor]
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–adjective
(of a photograph) taken with the camera pointed more or less in the direction of the principal light source or with the strongest light behind the subject.
Origin:
1920–25; < F, equiv. to contre counter- + jour daylight, day; see journey
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