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Pages in category "American portrait photographers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 299 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
PAA offered the Directory of Professional Photography, which first appeared in 1938, and the degree program, which awarded its first Master of Photography degree in 1939. [citation needed] The organization changed its name to Professional Photographers of America, Inc. in 1958 to distinguish the association from amateur photography organizations.
The portrait's most treasured quality was that it was an exactly corresponding record of what had existed in front of the lens. [2] In addition to the private aspect of portraiture, there was a public one. Portrait galleries sprang up in urban centers around the country, and the aspiring middle class would go to view the portraits on display. [2]
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 ]
Barbra Walz (1950/51–1990), fashion photographer known for portraits of designers; Eva Watson-Schütze (1867–1935), pictorial-style portraits, founding member of Photo-Secession; Rebecca Norris Webb (born 1956) Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), concerned with the problems of African Americans, often staging sets for her images; Terri Weifenbach
In 1972, he earned the degree of master of photography from the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] His work is documented in The Psychological Approach to Photographic Design, his associate thesis for the ASP, and in a self-published booklet described what he called crash-point symmetry , a compositional technique still ...
Robert Cornelius (/ k ɔːr ˈ n iː l i ə s /; March 1, 1809 [1] – August 10, 1893) was an American photographer and pioneer in the history of photography.His daguerreotype self-portrait taken in 1839 is generally accepted as the first known photographic portrait of a person taken in the United States, and a significant achievement for self-portraiture.