Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops and poses. A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. Portrait photography is one of the most popular genres of photography, with good reason. Good portrait photographers are able to capture the personality and emotion of people around them.

Contemporary portrait photography focuses on modern values from today’s world and how they are referenced or challenged in a photo and the message or emotions that reflects. They can either reinforce or challenge modern ideas and feelings by portraying different emotions.

Examples of Contemporary portraiture

These images were produced by Fernando Rodriguez a Santiago based photojournalist and fine art photographer.