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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will display photographs of 19th-century activists and professionals in “Women of Progress: Early Camera Portraits,” a presentation of 10 daguerreotypes and ...

The 19th century was an era of both romanticism and rapid change. It was a time when the public's perception of power and beauty was shaped by the masterful brushstrokes of a portrait artist. Yet, as ...

It has the vibe, all right. Unframed photo prints are casually push-pinned to a wallboard, flanked by large high-def screens cycling more images, more faces. But this is not just any show, and those ...

When Annie Leibovitz — perhaps the world's most well-known portrait photographer — sat down to shoot Secretary Hillary Clinton in her office in 2009, a paperweight on the wooden desk caught her eye.

Walking through the halls of the nave in Sterling Memorial Library, visitors can see portraits of past Yale alumni, professors, and other important figures. On April 5, a new portrait was added to its ...

Four generations of Bush women appear together in a family portrait featured in photographer Claiborne Swanson Frank's new book, Mother and Child Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human ...

In mid-nineteenth-century America, the growing presence of women in public life coincided with the rise of portrait photography. This exhibition of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes from the 1840s and ...

Sheffield Hallam University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Signing her work simply, Yevonde (though she also worked under “Madame Yevonde”), she was a celebrated portraitist, ...

Sofonisba Anguissola's 16th-century painting of a clergyman was known only through a black-and-white photo. However, the ...