October 2012
Intermediate to advanced
424 pages
9h 38m
English
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Chapter 6 |
Digital Portraiture | |
Portraiture begins in the home. Indeed, the greatest gift a photographer can give to family members, friends, even to strangers, is a portrait that records a moment that will never come again. A portrait does not have to be flattering. Take the series of portraits made by Richard Avedon of his terminally ill father, Jacob Israel Avedon. These portraits are a powerful document of two men’s struggle with mortality, Richard and Jacob. Viewers today see a testament to the human spirit and the complex relationship between father and son.
Another photographer, Judy Gelles, has been documenting her family ...
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