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Portrait Photography
Portrait Photography is an important thread within the history of photography. Photography that represents individuals, social roles, and historical moments through portraiture. This movement page brings together photographers, eras, and related contexts so readers can see how the approach developed, where it circulated, and which artists help define its historical position.
Basic facts
MovementPortrait Photography
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Overview
Photography that represents individuals, social roles, and historical moments through portraiture.
Photographers
🇬🇧GB1802–1870
David Octavius Hill
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David Octavius Hill was born in Perth, Scotland, in 1802 — a painter, printmaker, and founding member and long-serving secretary of the Royal Scottish Academy.