1. “Photographs are a link to the eternal”
from Photography, by London and Upton

3. ~Traditional Portraiture
~Environmental Portraiture
~Portraits using props/clothing
~Portraits that rely on gesture
~Portraits taken from the back
~Portraits with shadows and reflections
~Self-Portraits

4. Traditional Portraiture
~ A straight forward approach to photographing a
person with emphasis placed on the face of the
subject.
~ The object is to capture a physical likeness of the
subject, as close to reality as possible.

5. Julia Margaret Cameron,
Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, 1867

6. Sandy Edwards, from the book
Paradise is a Place,1997

7. Bob Gruen
John Lennon, 1999

8. Environmental Portraiture
~ A portrait of a person taken in front of background
or setting which helps to relay something
meaningful about that person.

9. Arnold Newman,
Piet Mondrian, 1942

11. Bernd Lohse,
Bookkeeper at the Minolta
Company, Osaka, 1951

12. Arthur Tress,
Boy in a Fire-Bombed Store 1969

13. Portraits using props/clothing
~Using an object or article of clothing that relates to
your subject can help to convey something unique
about that person.

14. Danny Lyon,
Spanky and Cowboy 1965

15. Edward Steichen,
Gloria Swanson, 1926

16. Arnold Newman,
Igor Stravinsky, 1946

17. Portraits that rely on gesture
~By capturing your subject’s body language, i.e. a
distinctive hand movement or facial expression,
you can provide insight into the personality or
profession of the individual you are photographing.

18. Yosef Karsh,
Martha Graham, 1948

19. Roy DeCarava,
Coltrane No.24, 1963

20. Alfred Stieglitz,
Georgia O’Keeffe, 1920?

21. Georgia O’Keeffe,
Calla Lilies, 1923

22. Portraits from the back
~It is possible to create a meaningful rendering of a
person without focusing on their face.

23. Onesipe Aguado,
Woman Seen From the Back,
1862

24. Imogen Cunningham,
Jane and Alice and Imogen,1940

25. Portraits with shadows or
reflections
~Using the many different qualities of light and
shadow can help to add another layer of interest and
depth to a photograph.

26. Lee Friedlander,
New York City, 1960

27. Imogen Cunningham,
Roi Partridge, 1922

28. Self-Portraits
~Alone with the camera, you can create an honest
and revealing portrait of yourself.

29. Ilse Bing, Self-Portrait
with Mirrors,1957

30. Ashley Knight-Greenfield,
Self-Portrait, 2001

31. Whitney Hart,
Self-Portrait, 2001

32. More Student Work

33. Yume Kitasei,
Portrait of her Twin, 2001

34. Susannah Ludwig,
Portrait of her Twin, 2001

35. Ariana Constant,
Portrait of her Sister, 2001

36. Raffi Holznyc-Pimental,
Portrait of his Brother, 2001

37. The End

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Greenough and Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz, Photographs and Writings.
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