Identity in portraiture photography can have a lot of variation in meaning. There are many sub themes that come under this main title of Identity with in portraiture, such as the ones below. Identity’s true meaning is: the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. The way the photographer explores what identity is with in a person exposes their own identity as a photographer and what the word means to them.
Here is a mood board of examples of different photographers who’s work I able to express these different sub themes using portraiture:
Gender
Claude Cahun 
Claude Cahun 
Claude Cahun
Belonging
John Offenbach 
John Offenbach 
John Offenbach
Environment/ upbringing
Anthony Kurtz 
Anthony Kurtz 
Anthony Kurtz
Cultural identity
Ejatu Shaw 
Ejatu Shaw 
Ejatu Shaw
Social/Geographical identity
zanele muholi 
zanele muholi 
zanele muholi
Lack of / loss of identity
Brno Del Zou 
Brno Del Zou 
Brno Del Zou