Shawn Michael Warren, Oprah Winfrey, (2023). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Joining the ranks of countless U.S. presidents, billionaires and cultural icons, Oprah Winfrey is the ...

Art An Artist Goes Undercover at a JC Penney Portrait Studio Studio portraits do not document an event; the making of the photograph is the event. In order to create a series titled Free Sitting, ...

When artist Robert McCurdy was taking the high-resolution photograph he would use to paint President Barack Obama's official portrait, he had some instructions: No smile, no gestures and look directly ...

Fujifilm’s range of mirrorless cameras has become increasingly popular with professional photographers, portrait photographers, and hobbyists alike. The bodies promise excellent image quality, solid ...

Inspired by a portrait of the cathedral’s 19th-century architect, this photographer set out to connect the past with the present. Notre Dame’s decorative grotesques, or chimeras, perch on the bell ...

Nothing else disrupts the white background. After the initial photo was taken from which McCurdy painted, the former President had no say in the final portrait, according to the artist. "It is part of ...