Portrait photography captures a person's expression, personality, and mood. It typically focuses on the face but may include the entire body and background context. Portrait images are seen in fashion, advertising, social media, art galleries, and photojournalism. The document discusses photographers Magda Berny, Yousuf Karsh, and Sylvie Bendel, noting how each brings out natural beauty or captures emotions in a raw, unedited style. It also contrasts old portrait photos, mainly in sepia or black and white, to modern color pictures that can be clearer and more natural.

1. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
By: Heather, Laura and Mollie

2. What is a Portrait?
Portrait photography is a photo of a
person or group of people that displays
the expression, personality, and mood of
the subject. The focus of the photograph
is usually the person's face, although
the entire body and the background or
context may be included.

3. Where do we see these images?
You see portrait images in:
• Fashion
• Advertising
• Social media (selfies)
• Art (galleries)
• Photo journalism

4. Photographers associated
I chose Magda Berny because she chooses to bring out
peoples natural beauty and make their features pop and stand
out, bringing attention to their face where usually model
agencies use fashion or hair to shape beauty, this
photographer captures their true beauty, where nothing is
hidden
The reason I chose the artist Yousuf Karsh is because he captures
the simplistic emotions of widely known people and capture them
in a different light than how they are usually seen, they aren't
smiling or acting they just naturally pose and their emotions are
portrayed in a paused moment in time
Sylvie Bendel truly shows what portraits are, they
seem deliberately imperfect and utterly raw. Nothing
is edited or airbrushed to perfection, it is true and
allow us to read their thoughts and emotions as if it
were a story. Also she definitely knows how to use
lighting to benefit her work

5. Past and Present examples
Taken by Mathew Brady on January 8, 1864.
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Old portrait photos are mainly in sepia or
black and white because of the type
of cameras used compared to todays
portrait photographers that can produce
clear, colour pictures. Also it is now more
acceptable to have more natural photos.