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In the photorealistic portrait, Obama is dressed in a black suit with a gray tie, and painted against a minimal white backdrop, a signature of McCurdy's artworks. At the same time, the official portrait for First Lady Michelle Obama, painted by realism artist Sharon Sprung, was also unveiled.
Newark, New Jersey, 1912. From roughly 1860 to 1920 [1] [2] painted photography backdrops were a standard feature of early photography studios. Generally of rustic or quasi-classical design, but sometimes presenting a bourgeoisie trompe-l'œil, [3] they eventually fell out of fashion with the advent of the Brownie and Kodak cameras which brought photography to the masses with concurrent ...
Official portrait of CIA Director John Ratcliffe (Note: The CIA published his official portrait using his old portrait as Director of National Intelligence in 2020, then photoshopping the CIA's flag in the background)
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait can be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen.
Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. [1] A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. [1]
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam by Hans Holbein the Younger. Authentic portraits are ideal, but none exist for the vast majority of historic personalities. Where they exist, authentic portraits, i.e. artistic depictions of a person that purport to provide an individualized, authentic representation of that person's unique looks, based either directly or indirectly on a witness's first-hand ...
Place this template on an article or user page to create a gallery of images on that page along with captions. Anyone may place this template. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status title title Title for the overall gallery Example Pictures of chickens String suggested align align Alignment of the gallery on the page; possible values include left, right, and ...
Portrait of Samuel Johnson, also known as Blinking Sam, is an oil-painted portrait of English lexicographer Samuel Johnson reading, created by English artist Joshua Reynolds around 1775. The painting highlights Johnson's vision problems, which led Johnson to deride the painting and say that he would not be "Blinking Sam", as quoted in Hester ...