Given Quote by Giles Duley

That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.

— Francesco Clemente

The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence of that…

— Paul Strand

The way someone who's being photographed presents himself to the camera, and the effect of the photographer's response on that presence, is what the…

— Richard Avedon

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they…

— Philippe Halsman

Portraits are about revealing aspects of an individual.

— Kehinde Wiley

Portraits are the most intimate photographs. The image will survive the subject.

— Victor Skrebneski

There is a myth that the portrait photographer is supposed to make the subject relax, and that's the real person. But I'm interested in…

— Annie Leibovitz

Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a…

— Tim Walker

What I find really interesting is, whenever you see the person who gives you the portrait of yourself, the portrait seems to be a…

— Hilary Hahn

What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography…

— Aubrey Beardsley

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.

— Annie Leibovitz

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view and to be conceptual with a picture. The image may not be…

— Annie Leibovitz