Snapshot - an informal photograph taken quickly, typically with a small handheld camera. - a snapshot is a photograph that is "shot" spontaneously and quickly, most often without artistic or journalistic intent and usually made with a relatively cheap and compact camera Being a snapshot in someone's life is not unordinary, how we go out is the make or breakpoint. Jaune was a snapshot and her two-second click snapped too quickly and then she broke. Now the test is whether she can make it through and even though it's tough she's never alone. She became more than just a snapshot, way too significant to let go of.