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
Photographers3

Overview

Photography that represents individuals, social roles, and historical moments through portraiture.

Photographers

🇬🇧GB1802–1870
David Octavius Hill
Calotype
CalotypePictorialism+1

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.

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🇬🇧GB1821–1848
Robert Adamson
Calotype
CalotypePortrait Photography

Robert Adamson was born in 1821 in Burnside, Fife, Scotland, the son of a farmer.

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🇯🇵JP1837–1922
Tomishige Rihei
Japanese Photography
Japanese PhotographyDocumentary+1

Tomishige Rihei (born Shinokura Rihei, 1837–1922) is one of the most significant figures in Kyushu's photographic history.

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