Portrait
Getty Images expands grant programme to portrait photography
Eight years after launching its Grants for Editorial Photography prize, Getty Images is now introducing its Contour Portrait Prize, dedicated to emerging portrait photographers
Portrait 23 May 2013
The Photographers' Gallery to celebrates London 2012 Olympics
The World in London is a major outdoor photography exhibition that will go on show in east London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics.
Exhibitions 06 Apr 2012
David Ellison: Cumbrian heritage
The folk culture and traditions of his native county inspire David Ellison’s latest project.
Portrait 30 Nov 2011
Commissioning Alec Soth for $9100
Earlier this month, Alec Soth took to eBay to raise funds for a charitable cause - the prize? A portrait commission with the Magnum photographer
Website 30 Nov 2011
PHotoEspana puts the focus on portraiture
PHotoEspana opens for the 14th time on 01 June, with the theme 'Interfaces: Portraiture and Communication'
Festivals 30 May 2011
Anna Skladmann's Little Adults
Little Adults is Anna Skladmann's look at how it "feels like to grow up as a privileged child in Russia, a country where its radical history still rules the daily life," says the German photographer
Portrait 25 May 2011
One frame: Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick, before becoming one of the most celebrated directors of the 20th century, worked as a photographer for Look magazine from 1945-1950...
Portrait 19 May 2011
Viktoria Sorochinski's Mother and daughter
Viktoria Sorochinski studies the role reversal she saw between three-year-old Eve and her mother Anna.
Portrait 28 Feb 2011
The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography
What does a self-portrait tell us about the artist? Susan Bright, the author of Auto Focus, a major new book on the subject, considers the use of diaries, memoirs and albums to create visual autobiographies...
Portrait 25 Jan 2011
The female touch
Women are taking social portraiture by storm, scooping many of the major awards, and shaping the direction of the industry. Miranda Gavin investigates why.
Portrait 05 Jan 2011
Avedon auction sets records
Photos shot by Richard Avedon have fetched more than €5.4m at last week's auction, setting a new record for the artist
Events 22 Nov 2010
Bright view of self-portraiture
Susan Bright gave an entertaining and informative talk on self portraiture at Toronto's inaugural Flash Forward Festival
Portrait 18 Oct 2010
Bam! Pow! Sob... Portraits of tearful superheroes
Superhero impersonators in L.A., caught in moments of sad reflection, are the subject of Nicolas Silberfaden's latest work in progress
Portrait 20 Jul 2010
The kids are alright no.2
Free Range is big, busy and an excellent way of seeing what this year's crop of photographic students have been up to in their final year
Student Photographers 25 Jun 2010
The man who taught the world to photograph
Photographer, author and educator John Hedgecoe has died
Books 07 Jun 2010
Marc Garanger's Femmes Algériennes
French photographer Marc Garanger brought back from Algeria a set of pictures that remains one of the most vivid rendering of colonial power ever to be had, even 50 years later
Portrait 14 May 2010
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