noun
boudoir
A photographic style featuring intimate, sensual portraits.
The photographer specializes in boudoir portraits made in softly lit bedrooms.
Etymology
French boudoir named a woman’s private room. The photographic style borrows the room’s associations with privacy, dressing, and intimate surroundings rather than requiring a particular room as its setting.
More examples
- She booked a boudoir session as a personal keepsake.
- The studio displays tasteful boudoir photographs.
- Her boudoir portfolio features adult clients in intimate indoor settings.
Forms
boudoir
Similar words
- portraiture
- Portraiture covers representations of people broadly; boudoir is a particular intimate photographic style.