Portraiture

Portraiture

Diane Arbus (Matthaei family portraits)
Walker Evans
Richard Avedon
Tony Vaccaro
Larry Clark
  

Portraiture is a form of photography that focuses on capturing images of peoples face, facial features as well as facial expression. Portraiture can be used in many forms such as identification, family or group portraits, all these types of portraits have an emphasis on the facial expressions and body language to express the subject being photographed and different photographers would have a different approach to taking portraits, some would capture and unexpected picture like Tony Vaccaro while others may express them selves though the picture like Diane Arbus.   

 

Tony vaccaro was know for his portraiture work as he used a strategy to take pictures on famous people, he would pretend that his camera was broken and once the person lets their guard down and relaxes he would take the picture of them capturing an image of someone which would show them being themselves rather than hiding behind a smile or pose like most portraits of celebrities. He used this method a lot and called it waiting for the decisive moment, this made his work on portraits unique as it showed people as they really are. 

One of Tony Vaccaro’s most famous pieces of portraiture he did was for Pablo Picasso; Picasso was trying many different poses but none of which worked for Tony Vaccaro so he used his strategy of waiting for the decisive moment to capture the right image of Picasso as is face dropped to reveal a more human portrait. Another One of Vaccaros most memorable portrait assignments was when he photographed Senator John Kennedy for Look magazine, just before he became president.   On assignment for Look magazine Tony Vaccaro visited Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner at their home. He photographed the two artists in the house and the barn studio.

on assignment for Look magazine, the photographer Tony Vaccaro visited Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner at their home in Springs. He photographed the two artists in the house and the barn studio,

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