Portraiture

Diana Arbus
Walker Evans
Richard Avedon
Tony Viccaro
Larry Clarke


Portraiture is a type of photography which is used these days as id. For example passports and driving licences. In the past portraits where made for  rich and famous  people who could afford portraits during this time. The portraits shows only what the owner wants it to show. One of the photographers who took portraits was Tony Viccaro who took a secretive approach to taking portraits. He would wait until the celebrities would wait till they drop their mask. he would wait until they would not expect a picture to be taken of them. Once they dropped their mask he would use a decisive shot. This is a  shot that is not planned or created it is a natural and  it is at that moment. Tony used this to capture the true version of them and not a put on face as they would usually put on when they are in front of a camera. A way he would do this he would pretend the camera was not working and the celebrity would drop their mask and reveal their true face and identity. This was different as other photographers like Diana Arbus  they weren't as secret as Tony was they took photos of celebrities or rich people . to show them truthfully but they didn't use the decisive shot like Tony Viccaro did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are some examples of portraits from Tony Vaccaro and he used his decisive moment to capture this portraits and they show the person acting or posing he would make them drop their guard and take these sudden shots .