camera-shy

English

Adjective

camera-shy (comparative more camera-shy, superlative most camera-shy)

1. Reluctant or resisting to be photographed.
   • 2019 November 6, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 79, caption:

     Off to Essex, where Geoff Hutton brings our attention to our latest station cat.
     "Gidea Park Station on the TfL Shenfield line also has a cat, although she is a bit camera shy," he says. "Apparently she lives in a neighbouring house, but spends much of her time at the station - usually, as illustrated, on the north side ticket barrier. Surely such an arrangement should be mandatory for all stations?"

Translations

camera-shy

• German: kamerascheu (de)

References

• “camera-shy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.