Portraiture can be obscure. It can be taken and interpreted in different ways to fit the viewers state of mind. Sometimes the actual image can have a vague meaning, luring you in to construe the ideas in your own way. Others are more up front and obvious about what the photograph means and what it is trying to say.

 

 

The different types of portraiture:

• traditional portraits

Traditional or Classical portraiture would refer to an photograph where the face is the predominant element

• environmental portraits

The term Environmental Portrait refers to a photograph where the subject is photographed in the person’s natural environment.

• candid portraits

A candid portrait is taken without a subject expecting or acknowledging the photographer.

• surreal portraits

Surreal Portraits are created to emphasize the other reality. A depiction of a person’s interpreted subconscious mind.

• conceptual portraits

Conceptual Portrait refers to images where concept adds a fourth dimension. The hidden meaning of the concept will leave the viewer guessing as it is often open for interpretation

• abstract portraits

a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials.

 

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