Portrait Quotes
Lines on portraiture, self-image, and capturing a place.
These lines treat a portrait as more than a likeness, whether it's a classic novel exploring how vanity clashes with a hidden inner self, or a photographer describing years spent capturing the planet from above as a kind of collective portrait. A filmmaker adds that a city on screen often reflects the maker's own view rather than a strict document of reality. See Artist for related creative reflections.
Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on.
In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view and to be conceptual with a picture. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.
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