Portraiture

Over the half term break we've been asked to think about portraiture. I am a bit gutless when it comes to portrait photography; I have hundreds of pictures of my cat batting her eyes at me and not much else. I looked around for some inspiration and came across some interesting photographs:


Anneke James - fashion photographer based in Leicester

I love the gritty location and the cloned subject - need to learn more about Photoshop before I attempt this but I've all sorts of ideas and locations whirring around my head...


'Portraying Kate Moss, a study in conversation' - Corinne Day

I love the honesty of these shots. It doesn't matter to me that it was Kate Moss, who Corinne had famously photographed as a child for The Face (1990) - it could have been anyone and been just as intriguing. Corinne sadly passed away last August aged just 48. Her work is incredible; take a look.

Picaso by Cory Smith - Orlando based specialist in creative portraiture and military photojournalism

Little bit in love with this - the light, the composition, the idea... just need some willing models... preferably a couple or this would just be weird!

Last and definitely not least, I'm fascinated by model turned photographer Ellen Von Unwerth's work - it's a tad risqué (some of it is very risqué) but the shock factor is a huge part of what makes your eyes stick to her photographs. They're graphic and gritty but they're absolutely beautiful too. Here are a few of my favourites:

 

 

Raaaa! Food for thought...