Feelings Quote by Thomas S. Buechner

I think [indications of vulnerability are] why so many portraits work when they're difficult: we believe we're presenting ourselves one way, but the camera…

— Katy Grannan

I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

— Vera Farmiga

In regards to my artistry, I've learned the importance of being vulnerable.

— Rayvon Owen

Whenever there's a camera in my face, that's when I feel vulnerable, and then it turns into a little bit of being self-conscious, which…

— Jason Mraz

I never wanted to make portraits - to photograph celebrities, beautiful people, beautiful landscapes, beautiful buildings, or people in distressing situations.... I have always…

— Ray Metzker

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

— Irving Penn

My early self-portraits appeared effortlessly and seemed like equivalents for my deeper emotions. Many critics remarked that the images had an almost other-worldly haunting…

— Joyce Tenneson

When you do not like human beings, you cannot make good portraits.

— Gisele Freund

“Vulnerability feels risky because it involves embracing weakness and imperfection. Image-keeping feels far less risky because we believe it protects our sensitive areas from…

— Christine Hoover

I just get inspired to take a picture by the beauty and vulnerability of my friends.

— Nan Goldin

I'm an odd portrait painter in that I'm not just interested in human faces. I consider almost all of my paintings to be portraits.

— Jamie Wyeth

When you pose for a photograph, it's behind a smile that isn't yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in…

— Richard Avedon