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![Photography, Guépard, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822524_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Girafon, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1820442_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait de Grogu, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759287_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait de Grogu
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$392
![Photography, Portrait de Grogu, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1759281_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait de Grogu
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 46 x 56 x 0.2 cm Photography - 18.1 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$392
![Photography, Wonderalnd : Change, Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769700_1_grid.jpg)
Wonderalnd : Change
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$437
![Photography, Roumanie, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822911_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pilote d'Ane, José Nicolas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1754967_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Aly, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047257_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lion king, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1899429_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Détails, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897863_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pool, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897854_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Moroccan pool, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897842_1_grid.jpg)
Moroccan pool
Guilhem Ribart
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Photography, Libre, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1800729_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Juste un regard, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1795245_1_grid.jpg)
Juste un regard
Guilhem Ribart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Photography, Shoeblack, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1753887_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Atlas, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1753878_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Wadi El Nel, Guilhem Ribart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1753827_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait #2, D-A Woisard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602924_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Magic Bowie, Marie Serruya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154169_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Denge Pose, Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2111793_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, OMO: Untitled 44, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101419_1_grid.jpg)
OMO: Untitled 44
Drew Doggett
Photography - 68.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, Monarch of the Flood Plains, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101290_1_grid.jpg)
Monarch of the Flood Plains
Drew Doggett
Photography - 68.6 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 27 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Photography, La solitude /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788672_1_grid.jpg)
La solitude /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,087
![Photography, Masked Queens II, Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1727664_1_grid.jpg)
Masked Queens II
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$617
![Photography, Masked Queens I, Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1689990_1_grid.jpg)
Masked Queens I
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$617
![Photography, Soledad : Frida's Reflections II / Digital Collage, Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648995_1_grid.jpg)
Soledad : Frida's Reflections II / Digital Collage
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$617
![Photography, Magic Gandhi, Marie Serruya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152811_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Neighborhood, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027136_1_grid.jpg)
Neighborhood
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 127 x 0.5 cm Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Truthful#2, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554573_1_grid.jpg)
Truthful#2
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,065
![Photography, Truthful#1, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553103_1_grid.jpg)
Truthful#1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,065
![Photography, Ivresse /, Didier Cormillot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1761063_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, T2, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566631_1_grid.jpg)
T2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$358
![Photography, T6, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566649_1_grid.jpg)
T6
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$187
![Photography, Les collectionneurs, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471661_1_grid.jpg)
Les collectionneurs
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 80 x 122 cm Photography - 31.5 x 48 inch
$2,803
![Photography, Composition, atelier, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471253_1_grid.jpg)
Composition, atelier
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 90 x 140 cm Photography - 35.4 x 55.1 inch
$3,363
![Photography, Les Soeurs, Jean-Robert Franco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/471172_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Alex resting, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087601_1_grid.jpg)
Alex resting
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
$365
![Photography, Dancer's stretch, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2078607_1_grid.jpg)
Dancer's stretch
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 48.3 x 61 x 1.3 cm Photography - 19 x 24 x 0.5 inch
$398
![Photography, Contemplation, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048382_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, China Girl, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048373_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, After Rossetti, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1793640_1_grid.jpg)
After Rossetti
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.3 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 0.5 inch
$524
![Photography, Hula Girl, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1477161_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flora 4, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1290501_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Flora 2, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1290486_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Van Gogh, Marie Serruya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158223_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Magic Mandela, Marie Serruya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152810_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Magic Mandela, Marie Serruya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142094_1_grid.jpg)
Magic Mandela
Marie Serruya
Photography - 42 x 59 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$291
![Photography, T7, Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/566652_1_grid.jpg)
T7
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$176
![Photography, Untucked, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175275_1_grid.jpg)
Untucked
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 71.1 x 50.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 28 x 19.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,200
![Photography, Count your Blessings, Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2111778_1_grid.jpg)
Count your Blessings
Kamal Obat
Photography - 58.4 x 38.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23 x 15.3 x 1 inch
$450
![Photography, Baba Yaga and Baby Yoda, Clotilde.MJ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1549044_1_grid.jpg)
Baba Yaga and Baby Yoda
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 43 x 62.29 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.9 x 24.5 x 0.1 inch
$628
![Photography, Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner, Clotilde.MJ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512636_1_grid.jpg)
Mystique's Cosmos Prisoner
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 55 x 55.84 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21.7 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$617
![Photography, Dark Land of Fireflies, Clotilde.MJ](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1480335_1_grid.jpg)
Dark Land of Fireflies
Clotilde.MJ
Photography - 83.83 x 47 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
$891
![Photography, Flamenco, Maria V, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028609_1_grid.jpg)
Flamenco, Maria V
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 1 inch
$331
![Photography, Boxer boys, Richard Dunkley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028678_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Winnie Harlow, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047053_1_grid.jpg)
Winnie Harlow
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Michael B Jordan, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047050_1_grid.jpg)
Michael B Jordan
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Yara Shahidi, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047047_1_grid.jpg)
Yara Shahidi
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Nicole Kidman, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046987_1_grid.jpg)
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Marc Jacobs, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046984_1_grid.jpg)
Marc Jacobs
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Thuso Mbedu, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046981_1_grid.jpg)
Thuso Mbedu
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Selah Marley, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046978_1_grid.jpg)
Selah Marley
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Shaun Ross, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046975_1_grid.jpg)
Shaun Ross
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Kate Moss, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046972_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Edward Enninful, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046966_1_grid.jpg)
Edward Enninful
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Shaun Ross, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046960_1_grid.jpg)
Shaun Ross
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Thuso Mbedu, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046957_1_grid.jpg)
Thuso Mbedu
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Winnie Harlow, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046942_1_grid.jpg)
Winnie Harlow
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Martha Stewart, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046933_1_grid.jpg)
Martha Stewart
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Marc Jacobs, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046927_1_grid.jpg)
Marc Jacobs
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76 x 55 x 5.08 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.7 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Nicole Kidman, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046915_1_grid.jpg)
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 87 x 61 x 5.08 cm Photography - 34.3 x 24 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Yara Shahidi, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028816_1_grid.jpg)
Yara Shahidi
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76 x 55 x 5.08 cm Photography - 29.9 x 21.7 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Albert Burla, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028801_1_grid.jpg)
Albert Burla
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Albert Burla, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028771_1_grid.jpg)
Albert Burla
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Ben Stiller, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027898_1_grid.jpg)
Ben Stiller
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 76.2 x 55.87 x 5.08 cm Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 inch
$11,211
![Photography, Ben Stiller, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027895_1_grid.jpg)
Ben Stiller
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Ralph Lauren, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027151_1_grid.jpg)
Ralph Lauren
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Nicole Kidman, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027148_1_grid.jpg)
Nicole Kidman
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Matrha Stewart, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027013_1_grid.jpg)
Matrha Stewart
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Edward Enninful, Noa Grayevsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2018685_1_grid.jpg)
Edward Enninful
Noa Grayevsky
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 2 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$22,422
![Photography, Last ride before the storm, Charly Desoubry](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635456_1_grid.jpg)
Last ride before the storm
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 90 x 160 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$2,803
![Photography, Dans la Bible, Jean-Guy Nakars](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1950405_1_grid.jpg)
Dans la Bible
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$303
![Photography, Chapeau l'Artiste, Jean-Guy Nakars](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1948296_1_grid.jpg)
Chapeau l'Artiste
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$303
![Photography, L'Homme au chapeau, Jean-Guy Nakars](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1946595_1_grid.jpg)
L'Homme au chapeau
Jean-Guy Nakars
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$303
![Photography, Love in Bloom, Robert Jaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007891_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Faceless figure - The paradox of identity, Robert Jaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007702_1_grid.jpg)
Faceless figure - The paradox of identity
Robert Jaso
Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch
$3,700
![Photography, Faceless figure - Blind insight, Robert Jaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2007276_1_grid.jpg)
Faceless figure - Blind insight
Robert Jaso
Photography - 55 x 42 cm Photography - 21.7 x 16.5 inch
$3,700
![Photography, Oracle, Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153722_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Portrait of a hijabi (POAH), Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141941_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait of a hijabi (POAH)
Kamal Obat
Photography - 84.1 x 56.1 x 0.3 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.067 x 0.1 inch
$320
![Photography, Gbedu Enter Body (Groove), Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2110362_1_grid.jpg)
Gbedu Enter Body (Groove)
Kamal Obat
Photography - 58.4 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23 x 18 x 1 inch
$300
![Photography, Welcome to heartbreak, Kamal Obat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2110317_1_grid.jpg)
Welcome to heartbreak
Kamal Obat
Photography - 59.4 x 42.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 23.4 x 16.7 x 1 inch
$295
![Photography, Broken Mirror II, Kalliope Amorphous](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180041_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue Ghost, Kalliope Amorphous](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179682_1_grid.jpg)
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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.