Behinds Quote by Irving Penn

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.

— Jon Witcomb

The portrait is the subject matter in photography where the problems of the media are the most visible.

— Thomas Struth

A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be discovered in…

— Richard Avedon

Thoughts and emotions cannot be photographed, despite the protestations of some mystically minded portraitists. Physical fact is ultimately the sole pictorial material.

— William Mortensen

Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything — the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of a primal…

— Joyce Tenneson

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

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

I have a really strong suspicion of the romantic nature of portraiture, the idea that you're telling some essential truth about the interior lives…

— Kehinde Wiley

Photography is essentially a personal matter - a search for inner truth.

— Inge Morath

I believe that photography can only reproduce the surface of things. The same applies to a portrait. I take photographs of people the same…

— Thomas Ruff

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

— Victor Skrebneski

Sensitive people faced with the prospect of a camera portrait put on a face they think is the one they would like to show…

— Irving Penn