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![Photography, Papi's long wait, Izmir, Carlos Pericás](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342152_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Une beauté thaïlandaise aux cheveux longs devant sa table de maquillage, The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/806412_1_grid.jpg)
Une beauté thaïlandaise aux cheveux longs devant sa table de maquillage
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 50 x 40 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
$895
![Photography, Paris Tour Eiffel "Dad", Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593117_1_grid.jpg)
Paris Tour Eiffel "Dad"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 70 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Occult Games #2, Léa Bon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/867519_1_grid.jpg)
Occult Games #2
Léa Bon
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.53 x 19.68 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
![Photography, La Jeune Femme au Papillon, Jean-Michel Rousvoal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/748851_1_grid.jpg)
La Jeune Femme au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Plexi'Art "Grace Kelly #1"(5), JM Collell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2093313_1_grid.jpg)
Plexi'Art "Grace Kelly #1"(5)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Cache cache sur le pont, Jean-Marc Stoeffler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894141_1_grid.jpg)
Cache cache sur le pont
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Photography, Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, Christopher Makos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/58963_1_grid.jpg)
Andy Warhol and Keith Haring
Christopher Makos
Photography - 38.1 x 48.3 cm Photography - 15 x 19 inch
$4,500
![Photography, Dolly Parton, Orillia On, Richard Beland](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083194_1_grid.jpg)
Dolly Parton, Orillia On
Richard Beland
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
$1,400
![Photography, Hommage à la Dame à l'hermine de Leonard de Vinci, Barzin Baharloee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/427848_1_grid.jpg)
Hommage à la Dame à l'hermine de Leonard de Vinci
Barzin Baharloee
Photography - 80 x 58 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Consolation, Laura Makabresku](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/641592_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Silent mourner, Shulan Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1182483_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Beetle I, Feng Wang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167756_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Skull, Cyrille Charro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827805_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sardinia, Ormond Gigli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648885_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jim Morrison - The Doors, 1967, James Fortune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077692_1_grid.jpg)
Jim Morrison - The Doors, 1967
James Fortune
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.05 inch
$1,300
![Photography, Cold wave, David Law](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1221078_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Terako, Jacques Bosser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171461_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hit by a bus, Norman Reedus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140439_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Épreuve 3, Zakari Babel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1154301_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kano 1975, John Craven né Conte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145597_1_grid.jpg)
Kano 1975
John Craven né Conte
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,063 $531
![Photography, Neorupestres, Martí Sala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473924_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Beauty with gold, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1166148_1_grid.jpg)
Beauty with gold
James Chiew
Photography - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,299
![Photography, Control The Application, Daniel Dicenta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/640959_1_grid.jpg)
Control The Application
Daniel Dicenta
Photography - 123 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 48.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,901
![Photography, Caveman II, Christophe Paucelier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/208039_1_grid.jpg)
Caveman II
Christophe Paucelier
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,107
![Photography, Women in Lounge Chairs, Miami Beach, Andy Sweet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627833_1_grid.jpg)
Women in Lounge Chairs, Miami Beach
Andy Sweet
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,845
![Photography, L'homme brun Dark haired man, Christer Hamp](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240065_1_grid.jpg)
L'homme brun Dark haired man
Christer Hamp
Photography - 30 x 21 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$2,125
![Photography, Raymond Duncan Autoportrait Self-Portrait, Raymond Duncan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1207863_1_grid.jpg)
Raymond Duncan Autoportrait Self-Portrait
Raymond Duncan
Photography - 18 x 13 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$2,181
![Photography, 1999-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of Woman on New Orleans Street Car, Jean-Luc Fievet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/974565_1_grid.jpg)
1999-New Orleans - Black and White Photograph of Woman on New Orleans Street Car
Jean-Luc Fievet
Photography - 100.3 x 149.9 cm Photography - 39.5 x 59 inch
$3,900
![Photography, Luke McAlister, Clément Poitrenaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61290_1_grid.jpg)
Luke McAlister
Clément Poitrenaud
Photography - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Ivailo & Denis, Samuel Lugassy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/573375_1_grid.jpg)
Ivailo & Denis
Samuel Lugassy
Photography - 80 x 65 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,205
![Photography, Magic light, Lucie Linder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1508136_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Upper Glasses Royal Ascot, Arthur Steel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175024_1_grid.jpg)
Upper Glasses Royal Ascot
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,041
![Photography, Self-Portrait 20.62, Arthur Hent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/841368_1_grid.jpg)
Self-Portrait 20.62
Arthur Hent
Photography - 40 x 30 x 2.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Shoot again (887), Yves Cham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170927_1_grid.jpg)
Shoot again (887)
Yves Cham
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.01 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Inin, Kyungwoo Chun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/3353_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, VNGH, Sebastian Riemer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179107_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sexy Scot Sean Connery - James Bond 007, Bob Haswell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142587_1_grid.jpg)
Sexy Scot Sean Connery - James Bond 007
Bob Haswell
Photography - 101 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$889
![Photography, Unknown Persona, Robert Jaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160848_1_grid.jpg)
Unknown Persona
Robert Jaso
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,753
![Photography, Steve McQueen, Erfurt, François Gragnon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076846_1_grid.jpg)
Steve McQueen, Erfurt
François Gragnon
Photography - 61 x 45.7 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 18 x 2 inch
$1,350
![Photography, Marilyn Monroe, Cornell Capa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2076687_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Timing, Cristobal Valecillos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1565103_1_grid.jpg)
Timing
Cristobal Valecillos
Photography - 88.9 x 134.62 x 5 cm Photography - 35 x 53 x 2 inch
$8,450
![Photography, Charge mentale, 0% allégée, Marine Foissey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1321089_1_grid.jpg)
Charge mentale, 0% allégée
Marine Foissey
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
![Photography, To Become Air, Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum and framed, Lisa Palomino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/487960_1_grid.jpg)
To Become Air, Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum and framed
Lisa Palomino
Photography - 106.7 x 71.1 cm Photography - 42 x 28 inch
$1,500
![Photography, Agneta I, Blank Barbie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178294_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, S/T de la Serie Callejeros musicales (1), Sonia Almaguer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616625_1_grid.jpg)
S/T de la Serie Callejeros musicales (1)
Sonia Almaguer
Photography - 32 x 24 x 2 cm Photography - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Ost und West, 1945, Jan Saudek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171809_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Telltale, Solomon Jamy Brown](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/564427_1_grid.jpg)
Telltale
Solomon Jamy Brown
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.05 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,285
![Photography, Mantras, Leobardo Huerta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/557830_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chinese Interior #1, Robert van der Hilst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171683_1_grid.jpg)
Chinese Interior #1
Robert van der Hilst
Photography - 42 x 49 cm Photography - 16.5 x 19.3 inch
$2,013
![Photography, Anchor, Monica Denevan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1013187_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her-Untitled 8, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628025_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lady from the past, Eliana Barbosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589583_1_grid.jpg)
Lady from the past
Eliana Barbosa
Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 1 inch
$615
![Photography, 2 women with bouquet of roses, Frantisek Drtikol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171764_1_grid.jpg)
2 women with bouquet of roses
Frantisek Drtikol
Photography - 26 x 19 cm Photography - 10.2 x 7.5 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Sauter (Überspringen), Kurt Buchwald](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/445662_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Laura, Laurent Poleo Garnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160009_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Audrey Hepburn, London 1951, Walter Carone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2083806_1_grid.jpg)
Audrey Hepburn, London 1951
Walter Carone
Photography - 45.7 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 18 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,350
![Photography, Taste of Blood, Vava Venezia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517037_1_grid.jpg)
Taste of Blood
Vava Venezia
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Philippe IV, Dominique Agius](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/903861_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Goddess, Ceridwen Raynor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/702375_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série pêche, Manakara, Pierrot Men](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/547048_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Serie 'Tenis 01' -La Bolsa Mágica-, Sonja H Lukenic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2104722_1_grid.jpg)
Serie 'Tenis 01' -La Bolsa Mágica-
Sonja H Lukenic
Photography - 72 x 50 x 0.01 cm Photography - 28.3 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Kiev, Ukraine, février 2014, Eric Bouvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373055_1_grid.jpg)
Kiev, Ukraine, février 2014
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$1,063
![Photography, Queen of Diamonds, Kathleen Wilke](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/25340_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 003- Les petits peuples de Sibérie, Jacques Langevin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1258620_1_grid.jpg)
003- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Mexique-Les Zapoteques_Oxaca Juchitan, Nadia Ferroukhi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1236858_1_grid.jpg)
Mexique-Les Zapoteques_Oxaca Juchitan
Nadia Ferroukhi
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
![Photography, Centre de Pyongyang, Didier Bizet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/990402_1_grid.jpg)
Centre de Pyongyang
Didier Bizet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Jeanne Moreau / Paris Match, Jack Garofalo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1801812_1_grid.jpg)
Jeanne Moreau / Paris Match
Jack Garofalo
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,147
![Photography, Kitchen Indoor - Pakistan (7), Sarah Caron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1627518_1_grid.jpg)
Kitchen Indoor - Pakistan (7)
Sarah Caron
Photography - 34 x 49 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$1,454
![Photography, Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II in Lilac, Chris Jackson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168928_1_grid.jpg)
Her Royal Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II in Lilac
Chris Jackson
Photography - 76 x 51 x 0.001 cm Photography - 29.9 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$1,230
![Photography, Prayer for Kinshasa, Thiemoko Claude Diarra](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015559_1_grid.jpg)
Prayer for Kinshasa
Thiemoko Claude Diarra
Photography - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,901
![Photography, La Froideur de l'Hiems 2, Ella Elijah](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1885734_1_grid.jpg)
La Froideur de l'Hiems 2
Ella Elijah
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
$582
![Photography, Tokyo Pic Nic II, Motohiko Hasui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1616154_1_grid.jpg)
Tokyo Pic Nic II
Motohiko Hasui
Photography - 45.5 x 56 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$559
![Photography, Dottor Pupius, Massimo Festi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1599726_1_grid.jpg)
Dottor Pupius
Massimo Festi
Photography - 200 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 78.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Hope and happiness, John Mastrogiacomo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1311681_1_grid.jpg)
Hope and happiness
John Mastrogiacomo
Photography - 40.6 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 16 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,105
![Photography, Jeune touareg, Emmanuelle Barbaras](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/319855_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune touareg
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 45 x 38 x 1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$783
![Photography, Medusa Me, Elizabeth Sher](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173734_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fail (applause), Clare Cornell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125605_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Surreal Dream in Blue, Alice Zilberberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069646_1_grid.jpg)
Surreal Dream in Blue
Alice Zilberberg
Photography - 61 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography - 24 x 20 x 2 inch
$950
![Photography, Holy mum - Triptyque, Laurelia Brizard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015433_1_grid.jpg)
Holy mum - Triptyque
Laurelia Brizard
Photography - 90 x 180 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 70.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,790
![Photography, In the heights, Frank Diamond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1536573_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sans titre 3, Thierry Valencin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/9286_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre 3
Thierry Valencin
Photography - 43 x 33 x 3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$1,174
![Photography, Les femmes guerrières, Charles Bayonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173275_1_grid.jpg)
Les femmes guerrières
Charles Bayonne
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Fluidity of a woman V, Katya Taneva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008101_1_grid.jpg)
Fluidity of a woman V
Katya Taneva
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$3,848
![Photography, Rémanence la nature des choses, Joël Leick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1924563_1_grid.jpg)
Rémanence la nature des choses
Joël Leick
Photography - 95 x 38 x 2 cm Photography - 37.4 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$783
![Photography, Untitled #13, Fall Off Wonderland series, Yang Du](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/54391_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled #13, Fall Off Wonderland series
Yang Du
Photography - 80 x 60 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Sans Titre n°3, Kahina Carina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/446271_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, French Kiss, Pierrick Van Troost](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174258_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Michael Jackson VI, David Nutter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155490_1_grid.jpg)
Michael Jackson VI
David Nutter
Photography - 50.8 x 61 x 5.1 cm Photography - 20 x 24 x 2 inch
$2,550
![Photography, K 51, Sylvie Schambill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/447315_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled, Afsaneh Poloei](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/427998_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Photographie de John Steinbeck, Roy Schatt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1939731_1_grid.jpg)
Photographie de John Steinbeck
Roy Schatt
Photography - 24 x 23 x 1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
$772
![Photography, Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès, Jean-Loup Gautreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006440_1_grid.jpg)
Agnès Varda - Les plages d'Agnès
Jean-Loup Gautreau
Photography - 30 x 40 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$336
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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.