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contre-jour [ˈkɒntrəˌʒʊə]

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog

a. the technique of taking photographs into the light, with the light source behind the subject

b. (as modifier) a contre-jour shot

[from French, literally: against day(light)]

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contre-jour

adj (Phot) → Gegenlicht-; contre-jour shot → Gegenlichtaufnahme f

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silhouetted			Choose from summery linen curtains from pounds 55, or try the sari-style Contre-Jour muslin curtains in white or deep pink Fuschia, from pounds 27. retail therapy /interiors: Keep your cool; Make your home a sanctuary ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Laurie Is Hyperactive, 2000, uses a contre-jour effect as another metaphor for exclusion and lack of knowledge: A family sits around a table, silhouetted against a window; the child's toys, arranged on the sill, are the only compositional elements allowed access to the daylight. Janice McNab: Laurent Delaye Gallery. (London) by Witners, Rachel / Artforum International It may be that when Dolce chose to describe the essential element of colouring as a contendimento between light and dark, he was intuitively picking up on the dynamic of Venetian contre-jour by choosing a word that implies contest more than contrast" (210). Venetian Colour: Marble, Mosaic, Painting and Glass 1250-1550 by GISOLFI, DIANA / Renaissance Quarterly			Contrariously contrariwise Contrarotation contrary Contrary motion contrary to fact Contras contrast contrast material contrast medium Contrastimulant contrasting contrastingly contrastive contrasty contrasuggestible Contrate Contrate wheel Contratenor contravallation contravene Contravener contravention Contraversion contrayerva contre-jour Contrecoup contredanse contretemps contrib. Contributable Contributary contribute contributing contribution Contribution plan Contributional Contributive contributor contributory contributory negligence Contrist Contristate contrite contritely Contriteness contrition Contriturate Contrivable contrivance contrive			Contravariant functor contravariant index contravariant tensor Contravariant vector contravene contravene contravened contravened contravener contravener contraveners contraveners contravenes contravenes contravening contravening contravention contravention contraventions contraventions Contraversies about the Netherlands Contraversies about the Netherlands Contraversion contraway contrawise Contrawound Torodial Helical Antenna Contrayerva Contre Réforme Catholique Contre Une Immigration Jetable contre-imbrication contre-jour Contreceptives Contreceptives Contreceptives Contreceptives contrecoup contrecoup contrecoup contusion contrecoup contusion contrecoup contusion contrecoup contusion contrecoup injury contrecoup injury of brain Contrectation contredance contredance contredanse contredanse Contrefacon contrefort Contrepartiste Contreras Contreras Labarca, Carlos Contreras, Battle contretemps contretemps contretemps contrevents Contreversy Contreversy Contreversy

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