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![Photography, Kedeyne, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/925359_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lopayok, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924939_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Rendille Mother and Child, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924855_1_grid.jpg)
Rendille Mother and Child
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
![Photography, Learnesi, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/924846_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Beads of the Omo Valley, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/922155_1_grid.jpg)
Beads of the Omo Valley
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
![Photography, Lady of the Arbore, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921867_1_grid.jpg)
Lady of the Arbore
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
![Photography, The pure Wodaabe, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/847332_1_grid.jpg)
The pure Wodaabe
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,258
![Photography, Papillon Mon Amour, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748914_1_grid.jpg)
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Les Hespérides L'Insouciance, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748884_1_grid.jpg)
Les Hespérides L'Insouciance
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Le Souffle de la Légèreté, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748860_1_grid.jpg)
Le Souffle de la Légèreté
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Korohan, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/665859_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lakuru, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/565104_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, BB King Kodalith Performance - Orange Jacket, LA Forum, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154759_1_grid.jpg)
BB King Kodalith Performance - Orange Jacket, LA Forum
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, The Beatles Posing Together, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154749_1_grid.jpg)
The Beatles Posing Together, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,750
![Photography, The Beatles Posing with Balloons, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154748_1_grid.jpg)
The Beatles Posing with Balloons, "Our World" Satellite Broadcast Press Event, EMI Studios, London
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,750
![Photography, Tina Turner, Los Angeles, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154745_1_grid.jpg)
Tina Turner, Los Angeles
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Tina Turner Smiling with Ikettes, Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, November 23, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154744_1_grid.jpg)
Tina Turner Smiling with Ikettes, Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, November 23
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, BB King Kodalith Performance - Close up, LA Forum, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154743_1_grid.jpg)
BB King Kodalith Performance - Close up, LA Forum
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,750
![Photography, Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1968, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154741_1_grid.jpg)
Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1968
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Iggy Pop in the Studio, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969 (13)Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154735_1_grid.jpg)
Iggy Pop in the Studio, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969 (13)Iggy Pop, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, The Stooges, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154729_1_grid.jpg)
The Stooges, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Tina Turner, Los Angeles, CA, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154724_1_grid.jpg)
Tina Turner, Los Angeles, CA
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Miles Davis, Fillmore East, NYC, June 17, 1970 III, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154686_1_grid.jpg)
Miles Davis, Fillmore East, NYC, June 17, 1970 III
Glen Craig
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,500
![Photography, The Rolling Stones Group Portrait, London, 1965, Glen Craig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154664_1_grid.jpg)
The Rolling Stones Group Portrait, London, 1965
Glen Craig
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
$1,750
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Panther #1" (11), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093331_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Panther #1" (11)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Lagerfeld WS1" (7), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093319_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Lagerfeld WS1" (7)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Photographie de Marilyn par Bert Stern, Bert Stern](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1807176_1_grid.jpg)
Photographie de Marilyn par Bert Stern
Bert Stern
Photography - 69 x 65 x 1 cm Photography - 27.2 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$5,480
![Photography, 1%, Samuel Cueto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1790292_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, On the moon 13 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610985_1_grid.jpg)
On the moon 13 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,286
![Photography, Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610979_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdu 08 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,174
![Photography, Paradis perdu 02 - série portraits de femmes, Stéphane Vereecken](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1610976_1_grid.jpg)
Paradis perdu 02 - série portraits de femmes
Stéphane Vereecken
Photography - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,286
![Photography, Nganamya, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1190121_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Behind the Great Mosque in Djenne, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1115757_1_grid.jpg)
Behind the Great Mosque in Djenne
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
![Photography, Cowboy of Wamba, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072086_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Samburu adornment, John Kenny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1072077_1_grid.jpg)
Samburu adornment
John Kenny
Photography - 67 x 45 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
![Photography, 236. Clint, Bernard Pras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1051344_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Persian Lamb Hat, John French](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/896808_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Il peso degli anni, 1962 (Le poids de l’âge), Fabrizio La Torre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/775290_1_grid.jpg)
Il peso degli anni, 1962 (Le poids de l’âge)
Fabrizio La Torre
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,845
![Photography, Évasion, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176316_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, David Steen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154808_1_grid.jpg)
Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey
David Steen
Photography - 61 x 46 x 0.01 cm Photography - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,543
![Photography, Rush Black and White, Robert Knight](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152284_1_grid.jpg)
Rush Black and White
Robert Knight
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$950
![Photography, Bill Gibbons, Robert Knight](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152282_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Elton John Sepia, Robert Knight](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083401_1_grid.jpg)
Elton John Sepia
Robert Knight
Photography - 33 x 44.5 x 5.1 cm Photography - 13 x 17.5 x 2 inch
$950
![Photography, Renaissance woman 6, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984191_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,250
![Photography, Renaissance woman 3, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982931_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 3
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,250
![Photography, Renaissance woman 2, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982874_1_grid.jpg)
Renaissance woman 2
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,250
![Photography, Miles Davis le célèbre trompettiste en 1967 en Concert à la Salle Pleyel - série Jazz, Philippe Gras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103439_1_grid.jpg)
Miles Davis le célèbre trompettiste en 1967 en Concert à la Salle Pleyel - série Jazz
Philippe Gras
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,063
![Photography, Hipster in Stone XXXVII, Discobolus, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1043748_1_grid.jpg)
Hipster in Stone XXXVII, Discobolus
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$4,026
![Photography, Hipster 20s VII, Aristeus, Léo Caillard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1043745_1_grid.jpg)
Hipster 20s VII, Aristeus
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 80 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 inch
$4,026
![Photography, Homme à la barbe, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988152_1_grid.jpg)
Homme à la barbe
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, Joueur de Guitare 1915 Guitar player, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988146_1_grid.jpg)
Joueur de Guitare 1915 Guitar player
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,617
![Photography, 1915 Simone, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988140_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 1915 La liseuse The reader, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988134_1_grid.jpg)
1915 La liseuse The reader
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Lady à la robe noire Lady with black dress, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988131_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Lady à la robe noire Lady with black dress
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Fille en décolleté, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988128_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Fille en décolleté
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Lady au chapeau Lady with hat, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988122_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Lady au chapeau Lady with hat
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 La fille au livre Girl with book, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988119_1_grid.jpg)
1915 La fille au livre Girl with book
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Marie en déshabillé de soie, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988116_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Marie en déshabillé de soie
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Amélie mutine, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988113_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Amélie mutine
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Jeune femme Young woman, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988110_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Jeune femme Young woman
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Femme brune Brunette, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988107_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Femme brune Brunette
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Femme au chignon, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988092_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Femme au chignon
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Madame Bernheim au canapé, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988089_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Madame Bernheim au canapé
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Bacchus, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988083_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Bacchus
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 x 0.5 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Lecture Reading, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988080_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Lecture Reading
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 x 0.5 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,622
![Photography, 1915 Le fichu brodé ALICE Embroidered scarf, Eugène Druet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979425_1_grid.jpg)
1915 Le fichu brodé ALICE Embroidered scarf
Eugène Druet
Photography - 54 x 43 cm Photography - 21.3 x 16.9 inch
$2,181
![Photography, Keith the New Barbarians, John Rowlands](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171713_1_grid.jpg)
Keith the New Barbarians
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,350
![Photography, Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972, John Rowlands](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171711_1_grid.jpg)
Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972
John Rowlands
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,350
![Photography, Jagger 1965, John Rowlands](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171710_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972, John Rowlands](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171698_1_grid.jpg)
Mick Jagger Rolling Stones Tour 1972
John Rowlands
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 2 inch
$1,600
![Photography, Brian Jones, John Rowlands](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171696_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, De Gaulle en route pour le monument aux morts d'Algérie manque la République, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224438_1_grid.jpg)
De Gaulle en route pour le monument aux morts d'Algérie manque la République
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$783
![Photography, Paul Bocuse et sa serviette, Colonges, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224267_1_grid.jpg)
Paul Bocuse et sa serviette, Colonges
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.3 cm Photography - 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Photography, Un homme marche avec des chaussures toutes neuves, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224210_1_grid.jpg)
Un homme marche avec des chaussures toutes neuves
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 50 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
$895
![Photography, De Gaulle en visite aux fusillés du Mont Valérien., Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1224045_1_grid.jpg)
De Gaulle en visite aux fusillés du Mont Valérien.
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 55 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Photography, Synesthetic Letters - J, Dasha Pears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194468_1_grid.jpg)
Synesthetic Letters - J
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$872
![Photography, Synesthetic Letters - M, Dasha Pears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194456_1_grid.jpg)
Synesthetic Letters - M
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$683
![Photography, Synesthetic Letters - O, Dasha Pears](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194450_1_grid.jpg)
Synesthetic Letters - O
Dasha Pears
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$872
![Photography, Simone de Beauvoir, Pierre Boulat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1020378_1_grid.jpg)
Simone de Beauvoir
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,118
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Portrait Photography for Sale
In the 1830s, Nièpce discovered the process for setting images onto pewter plates. In 1833, upon Nièpce's death, Louis Daguerre and François Arago continued his experiments and invented the daguerreotype, a process which created a printed image on a silver plate that had been exposed to light. Photography was born.
Similarly to how portrait painting had dominated artistic output in previous centuries, portrait photography was to become the pillar of the Second French Empire's photographic industry. Lenses with a shorter focal length, which enabled reduced exposure times, gradually appear on the market. The required equipment was expensive and difficult to handle. Some photographers, called daguerreotypists, decided to open their own photography studios to make a profit from their endeavours. The daguerreotype process was temperamental, and photographers had to take their pictures with great precision and attention to detail. They welcomed many people into their studios and customers choose how they wished to be photographed from catalogue of poses. Originally only accessible to the bourgeoisie, lower prices resulting from the growing number of studios eventually attracted a wider customer base. This phenomenon infuriated the poet Charles Baudelaire who was frustrated by the sense of narcissism sparked by the daguerreotypists.
Despite his protests, the egotistical trend only grew with the emergence of 'carte de visite' portraits (small photographs, the size of today's business cards). These were the brainchild of Adolphe Eugène Disdéri came up with the idea of producing portraits akin to visiting cards in 1859. He printed eight portraits in a variety of poses onto a single plate and once developed they could be cut up into eight distinct “visiting cards". Very popular with the bourgeoisie, they highlighted the sitters' social status. 'Carte de visite' portraits featuring celebrities were also sold to customers, who could subsequently add them to their albums.
The photographer Nadar was one of the first to demonstrate a conscious artistic approach to producing these portraits. He emphasised facial expressions and ensured the sitter was comfortable and at ease before taking the photograph. He photographed the era's greatest thinkers and artists, including Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, and Victor Hugo. He even managed to reconcile Baudelaire with portraiture.
At the end of the 19th century, the art of photography started to enter the mainstream, with the arrival of the Kodak company. The use of the camera, and the taking of portraits, became everyday occurrences. A century later, it was the invention of the digital camera which challenged the status quo. Whereas before alterations could only be made to photographs when they were being taken or developed, with the digital camera editing became easier, quicker and more convenient. Digital photography has given photographers much more freedom when it comes to editing and new methods and techniques are constantly being explored.
Some of the photographers who have left their mark on the last century include: Cindy Sherman, who excelled in self-portraits, Annie Leibovitz, who captured celebrities, the wacky duo, Pierre and Gilles, as well as Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Bettina Rheims.
So, do portraits help us to learn more about each other, to remember, to invent, to act, or to reconnect with ourselves? Find out on Artsper, by exploring the works of Formento & Formento, Naomi Vona, Ahmed Bennani, Chou Ching Hui, Samuel Cueto, Brno del Zou, Ren Hang, Markus + Indrani, Jerome Liebling as well as Annina Roescheisen.
A portrait photograph can be a photograph of a person's head and shoulders, but it can also be of an animal or of a different section of the subject's body such as their feet. Portrait photographs in art often tell or hint something about its subject to the viewer, such as an aspect of their personality, but still contain an element of mystery.
The three major types of portrait photography are posed portraits, candid or anonymous portraits, and conceptual portraits. The last type, conceptual or creative portraits, can be experimental and abstract, and may not represent an image close to a traditional portrait.
The six main types of portrait photography are fine art portraits, traditional portraits (for example posed portraits taken at school), lifestyle portraits, group portraits, street portraits and glamour portraits.