as in carelessness
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Recent Examples of inadvertency
Again, what is lost is inadvertency and the element of surprise — the sense that the power of the image is independent of the photographer’s plans.
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Teju Cole, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2016
Teju Cole, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2016
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“Inadvertency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvertency. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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