Portraits

Portraits Of World Leaders: New Yorker Photographer Platon Photographs 44 (PHOTOS)

New Yorker | Posted 11.30.2009 | World


This past September, when nearly all the world's leaders were in New York for a meeting of the United Nations, Platon, a staff photographer for this m...

Phenomenal Photography: Vanity Fair, Steichen and Leibovitz

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.09.2009 | Style


Marissa Bronfman

"Vanity Fair Portraits" is the first major exhibition to unite the magazine's historic archive of rare vintage prints with its contemporary photographs.

Tracy Raver: Baby Photographer Explains How She Gets The Shot (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home


Tracy Raver's photos of babies--particularly sleeping babies--are adorable. The Nebraska-based photographer appeared on the Today Show Friday, Septem...

Faces of 2008: Portraits from the Colorado Convention Center

John Beebe | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


John Beebe

These portraits were taken in the chaotic heart of the Colorado Convention Center during the DNC. They reveal the faces of people who know that hope is much harder to hold onto than fear.

Rumsfeld Getting $46,790 Portrait On Taxpayers' Dime

The Washington Post | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge ...

Culture Zohn: Elizabeth Peyton Lets People In

Patricia Zohn | Posted 11.13.2008 | Entertainment


Patricia Zohn

2008-10-14-PULL.jpg Juxtaposed with the highly colored rock stars and fashionistas, the portraits are notable for the virtuosity and the way they make their subjects look utterly contemporary.

The Painting Whisperer vs The Anxiety of Abstraction: Annie Lapin

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2008 | Living


Kimberly Brooks

Take for a moment the spectrum of Realism and the raucous jazz of Abstraction in painting and slide somewhere in the middle. Over to the left is real...