When the fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004) drove into the American West in 1979, he left behind ...

Covering a range of genres and styles, these are the 50 greatest photographers the world has ever seen (probably) ...

There’s no single definition for what makes a great portrait lens, but the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art ticks all the boxes and is relatively affordable, to boot. With excellent sharpness and minimal ...

Humans have been creating likenesses of each other for thousands of years. Humans have been creating likenesses of each other for thousands of years, but with the introduction of photography, a new ...

Four photographers have been shortlisted from 55 for the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024, the prestigious annual photography award organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London. The ...

At left, a photograph by Thomas E. Askew of women sitting on the steps of Atlanta University, from an album prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois (c.1899, via Library of Congress); at right, Amy Sherald’s ...

Some essays originally presented at the conference "Portrait Photography in African Worlds" (February 3-4, 2006), University of California, Santa Cruz. Contents Introduction : the study of ...