Level 5 photography
Portraits
Definition of portraits 'who are they'

Photographic portraiture  of an individual doesn't always give the true representation as emotions can be hidden, framework can be operated and people can hide their personality behind an awkward smile or body language which could lead to difficulty to capture a sense on the person's soul.

The aim of portraiture is to capture its subjects likeness on what they look like, their social standing and personality and even their mood. A portrait is a representation of an individual person and what aspect of the person is considered important to represent culturally reliant on, our view of identity of the dependability of a person different circumstances and throughout life, is to some extent culturally constructed and as accepted wisdom of identity change, so do portraits.


Traditionally, the ideal portraits both resembled the subjects physical appearance and captured the soul of that person. Contemporary portraits, however, are made within a cultural and artistic background with deep questions about the nature of identity, of representation and of realism.