“My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” ~Richard Avedon.
I think that what the photographer means is that the portraits are a representation of his ideas. They are his creative fingerprint. There is a way in which HE captures the light, and a way in which HE plays with the shadows, and his subjects; a way which only HE can reproduce. The portraits he shoots are a representation of his skill, just like a painter would be knows for the painting he paints.
But I happen to disagree with this statement, because I feel that a portrait is a representation of a persons character.
I think a portrait is different from other forms of photography because of that reason. Landscape photography captures a setting. Fashion Photography captures an idea. But Portrait Photography captures the character. The most interesting portraits are the ones where the person is allowed to be themselves; to goof around, to laugh, to cry etc...
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