Portrait Photo
Early photography was performed by painters who made a living out of doing portraits. Photography to them was a new technique where they could re-use their skills in composing an image. For a long time cameras were held on a tripod and the operator would precisely frame the picture even though it was showing upside down.
Would it be that the lack of colour forces the mind to appreciate a good composition instead?
The only place in our world where vision occurs in black & white is at night or in poorly lit conditions like in a cave. Therefore mentally black & white may be associated with unease or fear.
Black & white gives an image a unique level of abstraction. Your eye never operates independently of your mind. A smooth graduation in the levels of grey is quite suggestive in expressing volume or even temperature. In the days of chemical darkrooms the operator would mask some parts of the negative to give more time for some rich scales of shades to appear in the highlighted areas.
A black & white portrait always has more stature than the same image in colour. Yet again the portrait of a child is better in colour unless your focus is on the plight of the orphan, the poor or the sick. A black & white portrait of a woman forces you to concentrate on her stare as the makeup has a lesser impact. Looking into someone’s eyes is a gateway into looking into their soul. Black & white portraits have this uncanny effect.
The removal of colour in landscape and still-life has a dramatic impact. The canopy of trees becomes quickly a silhouette. A grey sky implies rain or worse thunderstorm even if the image was taken on a bright sunny day. Still objects contend with one another with shapes and beams of light.
Photography has the ability to suspend life out of time but this is even more so in black & white. It is only recently that newspapers are printed in colour. Photo journalism has established a long tradition of leaders and celebrities which provide instant recognition of their features precisely because those images are etched in our memory in black & white.
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Portrait Photography
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* PHOTO PORTRAIT OF CAT * COMMISSION FOR YOU * PENCIL GRAPHITE DRAWING $79.00 |
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ANTIQUE TINTYPE PHOTO PORTRAIT OF SMILING MUSTACHED MAN $27.00 |
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PSYCHO / ROBERT BLOCH / “RARE” PORTRAIT / SIGNED PHOTO $200.00 |
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CAROLE LOMBARD 8X11 Photo B&W Portrait 1930s STATUESQUE AMAZING PORTRAIT $10.99 |
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ANTIQUE TINTYPE PHOTO PORTRAIT OF 2 YOUNG WOMEN TWINS? $55.00 |
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THELMA TODD 8X11 Photo B&W 1920s SEXY SHOE PORTRAIT $12.99 |
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HUMPHREY BOGART 8X11 Photo B&W 1940s HANDSOME BARBERSHOP PORTRAIT $9.99 |
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1937 British Royalty Sepia Souvenir Photograph King George VI Family Portrait $6.99 |
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NANCY CARROLL 8X11 Photo B&W 1920s SEXY on ROOF CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT “OTTO DYAR” $10.99 |
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1965 Press Photo Lyndon Johnson portrait Texas senate $18.88 |
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FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON 1895 SELF-PORTRAIT*GELATIN SILVER PRESS PHOTOGRAPH $99.00 |
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1937 Press Photo bernarr macfadden portrait $28.88 |
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Photography 10 x 13 Red Cotton Muslin Backdrop Photo Portrait Background $30.39 |
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Antique Victorian Ninth Plate 1860′s Framed Tin Type Portrait Photograph $12.99 |
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Pretty Teenage Teen Girl w Dark Hair Art Style Studio Portrait Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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EVELYN BRENT 8X11 Photo B&W ’20s BEAUTIFUL PEARLS & FLOWERS GOWN PORTRAIT $10.99 |
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Pretty Young Lady Women Fluffy Hair Studio Portrait 1960′s Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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Pretty Blonde Girl w/ Hair Braids & Nice Smile Studio Portrait Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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FRANCES STARR original theater portrait photo 1910s $75.00 |
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Boy w/ Big Ears & Goofy Smile School Studio Portrait 1960′s Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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RITA HAYWORTH 8×11 B&W Photo Beautiful PORTRAIT Dark $9.99 |
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Cabinet Photo of Man, “National Portrait Co.,” Washington, D.C. Photographer $3.00 |
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Girl w/ Funny Hair & Cute Smile School Studio Portrait 1960′s Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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Young Lady Teen Teenage Girl w/ Pretty Eyes Studio Portrait Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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1954 Restrike Portrait of New York Beginnings IPI Photo $9.00 |
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Handsome Man Dad Studio Portrait w/ Note to Children Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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Portrait of a Young Man Posted to Fence Memorial (?) Vintage B&W Photo $4.99 |
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FILM STAR ACTRESS MARIAN NIXON VINTAGE MOVIE PORTRAIT PHOTO 1930s $11.00 |
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WHITE PAINTED WOOD ART DECO STYLE ACCENT DESIGN ART PHOTO PORTRAIT FRAME 9.5X7.5 $11.00 |
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SELF-PORTRAIT GENE TIERNEY 16 Pages Photos VHTF L@@K!!! $39.99 |
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D.B. Sweeney portrait with Porsche No Man’s Land 1987 vintage movie photo 13124 $4.99 |
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Michael Caine portrait in The Last Valley 1971 vintage movie photo 13105 $4.99 |
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1949 KATHARINE CORNELL Stage Portraits GREAT PHOTOS $7.49 |
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1961 Press Photo Portrait Of Violinist Stuart Canin $9.99 |
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CDV Photo of Fillmore Civil War Era by Brady – Brady’s National Portrait Gallery $72.99 |
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Vintage Photo L1151 Portrait of pretty girl $5.98 |
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PATRICK SWAYZE: Color Portrait Photo Autographed $250.00 |
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BURT REYNOLDS: Color Portrait Photo Autographed $40.00 |
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A Great Day in Harlem $12.69 And what a day it was: nearly 60 jazz musicians, gathered on a Harlem street one morning in 1958 for what photographer Art Kane rightly, if immodestly, calls “the greatest picture of that era of musicians ever taken” (incredibly, it was also Kane’s first professional shoot). Like Ken Burns’s Jazz, this 60-minute documentary, an Oscar nominee in 1995, is a mixed-media affair: still photographs and … |
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Mccartney $11.98 Paul’s first solo outing is very much a homegrown affair with him singing and playing everything (apart from a few harmonies by Linda). The expectations were high, and while not everything clicked, there was enough good stuff for the legend to continue. “That Would Be Something,” “Man We Was Lonely,” “The Lovely Linda,” and “Teddy Boy” all make the grade, but everything is eclipsed by “Maybe I’m A… |
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Dorothy Stratten The Untold Story A “documentary” of the life of Playboy Magazine’s 1980 “Playmate of the Year,” Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband, Paul Snyder… |
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Intimate Portrait: Jessica Savitch [VHS] $9.98 Jessica Savitch accomplished her goal of becoming a network anchor by the age of 30, but at tremendous personal cost. A long-term abusive relationship, a brief, loveless first marriage, and a melodramatic second marriage that ended in her husband’s suicide are some of the traumas with which she dealt. Meanwhile, she skyrocketed through the ranks of broadcast journalism when women were practically … |
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Playboy Video First Annual Playmate Review (1983) 10 Intimate Playmate Portraits The first of Playboy’s Video Playmate Review introduces, up close and personal, Vicki Lasseter, Kelly Tough, Shannon Tweed, Patty Farinelli, Kimberly McArthur, Karen Witter, Kym Malin, Lourdes Estoras, Lynda Wiesmeier…..1983…..85 Minutes…..Not Rated… |
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