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flashgun

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flash·gun  (flshgn)
n.
A dry-cell powered photographic apparatus that holds and electrically triggers a flashbulb. Also called flash unit.
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Noun1.flashgunflashgun - a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, photoflash, flash
flash camera - a camera with a photoflash attachment
lamp - an artificial source of visible illumination
photographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer
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The trip wire that extends out of the picture frame could be compared, for instance, to the cable release that is featured in some of Cindy Sherman's self-portraits, while the flashgun aesthetic invokes Philip-Lorca diCorcia, not to mention a whole history of paparazzi snaps.
First take: at the beginning of each year, Artforum asks a group of ... by Rattemeyer, Christian / Artforum International
Best of all was Maia Wilkins, the bitterly jilted mistress, lifted from an Edward Gorey cartoon, who is relegated to holding the flashgun during the wedding photo.
The Ashton Celebration by Barnes, Clive / Dance Magazine
In Shot in the Dark, 1996, she wears a dress coated with luminous emulsion, then activates a handheld flashgun or banks of blinding flashlights around the stage via a cable release in her mouth.
Hayley Newman by Withers, Rachel / Artforum International
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