• 12
    Mar

    Plastic People: Part 3 Instant Intimacy

    Here in the last two blog posts, I looked at portraits, and what makes a great portrait.  I suggested a great portrait doesn’t hide every, single flaw but connects the person viewing the image to the person in the image.  A great portrait causes the viewer to stop and think: “I know that person.  I […]

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  • 11
    Mar

    Plastic People Part 2: Portrait Photography

    In the previous blog post I looked at the possible international consequences of portraits that don’t accurately represent the person being photographed.  Where is the line? Back in the days of King Henry VIII, certain physical defects were glossed over by painters.  As I said in the previous blog post, the omission of Anne of […]

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