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The 30 pages that link to Portrait photography, each with the reason it gives.

• PhotographyBroader topic: It makes the human subject, rather than a broader scene, the image’s focus.

• Fashion photographyRelated: Fashion portraits borrow its attention to expression while emphasizing designed appearance.

• Portrait paintingCompared with: Photography changed the means of recording likeness and the market for painted portraits.

• Depth of fieldBroader topic: A shallow sharp region can separate a person from a distracting background.

• ApertureRelated: Wide apertures are often used to separate a subject from its background.

• DaguerreotypeNarrower topic: The daguerreotype helped make photographic portraiture commercially available.

• Street photographyCompared with: Street photographs may include portraits, but typically place people within a wider unfolding scene.

• Louis DaguerreRelated: The daguerreotype made detailed photographic portraits available to a widening public.

• Richard AvedonNarrower topic: Avedon made portraiture central to both fashion imagery and his independent projects.

• Female gazeRelated: A portrait can foreground a subject’s agency and self-presentation rather than offer her for inspection.

• Candid photographyCompared with: Portrait sessions commonly direct subjects, unlike candid work's preference for unposed moments.

• History of photographyBroader topic: Affordable portrait studios brought photographic likenesses into ordinary family life.

• Pin-upCompared with: Portraiture typically prioritizes likeness or identity rather than pin-up glamour and display.

• Diane ArbusNarrower topic: Arbus transformed portrait conventions through unusually exposed encounters with her subjects.

• PortraitureBroader topic: Studios and cameras made likenesses more widely available for private and public use.

• Hippolyte BayardNarrower topic: Bayard’s self-portrait shows how early photography could present its maker as a subject.

• Large-format cameraRelated: Large-format cameras support deliberate studio portraits with finely rendered detail.

• Annie LeibovitzNarrower topic: Her celebrity work extends the conventions of portraiture through elaborate staging.

• Cropping (visual arts)Related: Portrait crops shape intimacy by deciding how much of a person and setting remain visible.

• Vanity FairRelated: Distinctive commissioned portraits help give the magazine's profiles a visual identity.

• Irving PennNarrower topic: Penn’s portraits showed how minimal settings could intensify a sitter’s presence.

• Digital single-lens reflex cameraRelated: DSLR lens choices and shallow depth of field support controlled portraits.

• Gina LollobrigidaRelated: Her photographic work included portraits of prominent figures.

• Twin-lens reflex cameraRelated: The waist-level finder and medium-format negative suited deliberate portrait sessions.

• Alvin Langdon CoburnNarrower topic: Coburn’s portraits of writers and public figures helped define his lasting reputation.

• Gustave Le GrayCompared with: Le Gray briefly ran a Paris portrait studio, a commercial path distinct from his celebrated landscapes.

• Afghan GirlNarrower topic: The image’s concentrated gaze gives a single-person portrait the reach of a public symbol.

• Cléo de MérodeRelated: Studio portraits became a major vehicle for de Mérode’s public image.

• Malick SidibéNarrower topic: Sidibé’s studio work is a distinctive body of portrait photography.

• Yousuf KarshNarrower topic: Karsh’s work is a distinctive form of portrait photography built around formal sittings.