Wednesday 12 February 2014

Definition of the portrait


A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent of is to display the likeness, personality and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with its viewer.

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