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Inspiration

Thinking about portraits

3 months ago

Some recent inspiration from a visit to MoMA, and from my photobook collection.

MoMA

August Sander

This August Sander collection is a useful study of one of portraiture’s big questions: what to do with people’s gaze?

(Let us note how many of these photos are titled ”… and his Wife”.)

August Sander. The Architect Hans Heinz Lüttgen and his Wife Dora. 1926

521: Visual Vernaculars

Unidentified photographer. Untitled. c. 1950 | MoMA
(MoMA doesn’t have this one online, I don’t think.)

Donna-Lee Phillips

Brilliant series of self portraits.

Donna-Lee Phillips

Guido Guidi’s In Veneto, 1984-89

My favorite out of several Guido Guidi books that I own.

Guidi Guidi's photo of a man wearing yellow, sitting on a ledge Guido Guidi's photo of a person leaning against a car Guido Guidi's photo of an uncle with his bicycle Guido Guidi's photo of a young person working in a little shack