Outstanding Examples of Portrait Photography
Portrait photography or portraiture is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people (a group portrait), in which the face and expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is the person’s face, although the entire body and the background may be included. A portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the camera.
Unlike many other photography styles, the subjects of portrait photography are often non-professional models. Family portraits commemorating special occasions, such as graduations or weddings, may be professionally produced or may be vernacular and are most often intended for private viewing rather than for public exhibition.
However, many portraits are created for public display ranging from fine art portraiture, to commercial portraiture such as might be used to illustrate a company’s annual report, to promotional portraiture such a might be found on a book jacket showing the author of the book.
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Below we present outstanding examples of Portrait Photography. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.
Photo By : Lifeware
Photo By : Tomek Dyczewski
Photo By : Bread and Shutter
Photo By : Dmitry Ageev
Photo By : CARLOS DUARTE
Photo By : Stefan Beutler
Photo By : Vedran Vidak
Photo By : Magda Berny
Photo By : Taci
Photo By : Zoltan Huszti
Photo By : Andre Arment
Photo By : Jennifer
Photo By : Tatjana galic
Photo By : Sugeng Sutanto
Photo By : Andy Kämpf
Photo By : Nicolas Marino
Photo By : Fadi Tarawneh
Photo By : LJ
Photo By : Tuan Trinh
Photo By : Iker Iglesias
Photo By : LJ
Photo By : Andre du Plessis
Photo By : Rudi Kokic
Photo By : Bela Benedek
Photo By : Dr Mimi
Photo By : Leo
Photo By : Shirren Lim
Photo By : Tatsuo Suzuki
Photo By : Raphael Guarino
Photo By : Murad halimoglu
Photo By : Bela Benedek
Tags: Black and White Photography, Close-up Photography, Conceptual Photography, Creative Photography, Fine Art Portrait Photography, Inspiration, Photo Gallery, Portrait Photography
Love these photographs… ultimate collection.
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Outstanding… Brilliant Pictures.
Extraordinary portraits… Very nice website, doing great job.
Nice collection, but I rellay hate that their eyes are so photoshoped! Makes some of them look rellay creepy and not real at all if you too long at the eyes. Just a touch of photoshop is ok, but most of them are too much, takes the true grit out of them.
Such a great photos… amazing collection.
amazing portraits…
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