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Portrait
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RP-F-2019-242-1-41
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RP-F-2019-299-6-6
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1933RP-T-1940-597
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1980RP-F-2019-299-30-235
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1967RP-F-F03024
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1620RP-P-1906-2564
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1965RP-F-F03017
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1953RP-F-2019-242-1-35B(R)
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1965RP-F-F03020
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2011Study for Poster Portrait Marsden Hartley by Charles Demuth
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2016Charlie Clift photographs Brits in Europe ahead of EU Referendum
Motion
2021For photographer Eli Wirija, the highest form of art evokes an emotion in the viewer without trying
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1775Portret van een oude man met driekantige steek
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2014Here's some incredibly astute portrait photography by Patrick Desbrosses
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2014Photography: Robert Ormerod documents Scotland's young politicians
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1620Portret van Godfried III met de Bult, hertog van Neder-Lotharingen
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2019For Melissa Alcena taking portraits “has given me an insight into myself and others”
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2017Graduate Jamain Gordon’s warm portraits from his home of Guyana
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1870tirage photographique ; Portrait d'homme
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2015Meet Manchester graduate and fantastic photographer Charlie Hitchen
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2012Cool + Cool = Cooler. Barack Obama photographed by Terry Richardson
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2024“Everyone I shoot ends up becoming part of my family”: Quil Lemons on connecting with his subjects
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2015Beautifully shot portraits of east London skaters
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2015Photographer David Stewart tells us about his winning image for the 2015 Taylor Wessing prize
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2019With “personality and warmth”, Laura McCluskey turns her lens to those around her
Poster
Head of a Male Figure
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Portrait of a Monk in Prayer
Photograph
photographic print; Portrait of a woman
Project
2017Life through the lens of enchanting photographer Vicki King
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2010Alec Soth
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2019Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution
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2014Photography: Yorkshire photographer Robert Chilton takes terrific portraits
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2012Daniel Shea's photos are more than a metaphor for those living in coal country
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2021“I just intuitively know when to stop and shoot”: Marcus Menefee on trusting your gut during photoshoots
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2015Rebecca Scheinberg comes pretty damn close to making perfect photographs
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2014Photography: Three cheers for the beach! Check out these sunny portraits by June Canedo
Publication
2014Publication: Yusuke Miyagawa's portrait of Kingston, Jamaica
Project
2020Uli Knörzer brings the fleeting moments of everyday life to paper, “one pencil stroke at a time”
Poster
1890Naakte vrouw met losse haren en draperie
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2015London's National Portrait Gallery opens first show without faces
Poster
1775KOG-ZG-1-21-64
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1620Portret van Arnulf, graaf van Holland
Poster
1896Groepsportret van drie onbekende Caraïben-vrouwen en een kind, Paramaribo
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2019Photographer Ryan Duffin embraces the quirks of his subjects and the outtakes of life
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2017Photographer Anastasia Korosteleva's waterborne portraits of Maldivian girls
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2021Isobel Rae understands and connects with her subjects to “portray them as they are”
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1876Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887)
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2013Photography: Rising star Sara Naim wows us with her versatile portfolio
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2014Photography: Dappled orange sunlight and kindly weathered faces captured by Adam Golfer
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photographic portrait, John Maksing
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2014We interview Dave Glass, who has shot San Francisco since the 1960s
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2014Photography: Eric Ruby paints a portrait of mortality in this stark series
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2014Photography: Katie Miller on sun, sky, landscape, and the backs of heads (some NSFW)
Print
1887A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility
Drawing
1775Zittende man op de rug gezien
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1886Miss Miller, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Print
1800Bakkersechtpaar Arent Oostwaard en Catharina Keizerswaard
Drawing
1700Zittende naakte vrouw
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2020Adrián Catalán’s refined portfolio is full of people with “mysterious attitudes”
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1620Portret van Floris I, graaf van Holland
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2005Graphic Design China 2005 (GDC 05)
Object
2012from Wrinkle Jewelry collection (2012)
Print
1620Graven en gravinnen van Holland (1620)
Object
2012from Wrinkle Jewelry collection (2012)
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1805Portraits of Surinamese Girls
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1620Portret van Dirk V, graaf van Holland
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1888Mlle. Zuillos, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
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1732Portrait of Willem de Groot, Lawyer and Writer
![affisch, poster [131480]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Feuropeana%2Faffisch-poster-eu-jekt-1314808.jpg)
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affisch, poster [131480]
Sculpture
Head of a Youthful Male
Print
2026Most creative work is made to a brief – so is fake art in film actually ‘fake’?
Painting
1700Portrait of Johannes Polyander à Kerckhoven, Professor of Theology in Leiden
Print
1708Kabuki Actor
![Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Fvam%2Fguy-little-theatrical-photograph-vam-o157336.jpg)
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Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
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1620Graven en gravinnen van Holland (1620)
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1732Portrait of Jan Harmensz de Marre (1696-1763). Seaman, Poet and Director of the Amsterdam Theater
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1880Card Number 221, Carrie Coote, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes
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1700Dirck Graswinckel (1600-66). Rechtsgeleerde en letterkundige
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1670William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
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2026Anaïs Kugel’s portraits are unmistakably from the female gaze
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1886Miss Everson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Old Judge Cigarettes
![Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin/[photographic portrait]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Feuropeana%2Fjean-baptiste-weckerlin-photographic-portrait-eu-tv1b8425854g.jpg)
Poster
Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin/[photographic portrait]
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1560Portrait of Anne Fernely. Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham
Drawing
1630"Portrait of Sayyid Abu'l Muzaffar Khan, Khan Jahan Barha", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
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1999Candy Wear Jewelry Series
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1670Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
![Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Fvam%2Fguy-little-theatrical-photograph-vam-o157338.jpg)
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Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
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1700Portrait of Petrus Baard, Physician and Poet from Leeuwarden
![Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Fvam%2Fguy-little-theatrical-photograph-vam-o157335.jpg)
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Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
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1532Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony
Poster
1938Affiche ter gelegenheid van het veertigjarig regeringsjubileum van koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden
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1610"Four Portraits: (upper left) A Raja (Perhaps Raja Sarang Rao), by Balchand; (upper right) 'Inayat Khan, by Daulat; (lower left) 'Abd al-Khaliq, probably by Balchand; (lower right) Jamal Khan Qaravul,
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2026Jaša Müller’s pastel portraits of our biggest stars are personal, playful and imperfect
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1700Portrait of Petrus Bertius, Professor at Leiden
Project
2013Strangely haunting portraits of aeroplane passengers by John Schabel
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1967Twee verklede gasten bij de opening van Paradiso
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1644Portrait of Jacoba Bontemantel (1643-?)
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Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka
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1967Portret van Theo Kleij met zelfgemaakte instrumenten
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2026How Alfie Whiteman – pro footballer turned photographer and director – shows the turbulence of change through his vulnerable work
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1620Portret van keizer Maximiliaan I
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1520Portrait of a woman
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1604Portrait of a Boy, possibly Louis of Nassau, later Lord of Beverweerd, De Leck, Odijk and Lekkerkerk, Illegitimate Son of Maurice, Prince of Orange, and Margaretha van Mechelen
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1630Portret van Jacob de Witt (1589-1674)
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2020American artist Amy Sherald paints Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair’s September issue
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2010Todd Hido
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2016How I Got Here: Nadav Kander, photographer
Publication
2005Julie Verhoeven
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2019Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
Poster
1926NG-1980-3-37
Publication
2022The Economist Magazine
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2019Book of Roy: Neil Drabble photographs an American teenager over the course of eight years
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2013Breathtaking portraits of America's gay community by Elle Perez
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2015Jack Davison’s barefaced and brooding London portraits
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2017Meet the speakers: Frances Corner, Yukai Du, Akinola Davies and Simon Landrein
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2021JJ Lorenzo photographs a generation “marked by the frictions between East and West” in Ukraine
Poster
1830Figure of Hannah More
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2014Photography: Tobias Harvey's amazing pictures of Toulouse-Lautrec's ancestral home for Port
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2019“I’ve always loved people. That’s been my talent”: Rankin in conversation with It’s Nice That
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2015Photographer McNair Evans captures strangers on 15-day train journeys
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2015A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer
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2014Cute boys and puppies alert! Check out these snaps by Philippe Jarrigeon
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2017Meet the speakers: Mikey Please, Eliza Hatch, Dylan Griffith and Elisabeth Krohn
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2015Few photographers capture famous faces better than Andreas Laszlo Konrath
![Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin / [portrait photographique]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Feuropeana%2Fjean-baptiste-weckerlin-portrait-photographique-eu-tv1b8425847b.jpg)
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1900Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin / [portrait photographique]
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2018Tom Fox Shea’s portrait of Utah shows a sleepy state with underlying tensions
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1920photographic portrait, August Rooseleaf
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photographic portrait, Alma Praks
![[Portrait anonyme] / copied by the London stereoscopic & photographic company](/api/img?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fiiif%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbtv1b8450608t%2Ff1%2Ffull%2F512%2C%2F0%2Fnative.jpg)
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[Portrait anonyme] / copied by the London stereoscopic & photographic company
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1989photographic portrait, Helle Hanso
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2015Eric Yahnker tells us about creating that familiar-looking portrait for our latest Printed Pages cover
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1700Portret van een onbekende man met staartpruik
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2014Irregular portraiture from young New York photographer Eric Chakeen
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1732Portrait of Cornelis van der Pot (1736-1805), Merchant and Poet in Rotterdam
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2021Year of the Ear: Alexander Coggin’s ear portraits celebrate the variety of society
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1672A Couple in an Interior
Poster
20221899 poster of Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones
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Ritratto di Ludovico (?) Gonzaga - Andrea Mantegna
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Vermont Politics - Walter Sanders
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1961Man Shoot - Paul Schutzer
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1958Sylvia Porter (Economist) - Joe Scherschel
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1965fotoportree, Villu Laanemägi
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1940David E Scherman
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1959Paul Schutzer
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2025Abraham Lincoln Campaign Poster
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2015The Shadow And The Dance: An interview with Nadav Kander
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Portrait of artist Damir Očko and curator Marc Bembekoff - Aurélien Mole
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1952Drees vraagt uw vertrouwen voor lijst 2
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1890Sibyl Anderson, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
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1700Man te paard in rijkostuum met driekantige steek
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2015Close crops and gloriously stubbly hairlines by Francesco Nazardo
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1700Portrait of David or Daniel Lingelbach I, Founder of the Nieuwe Doolhof (New Labyringh), Amsterdam
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2018Ones to Watch 2018: photographer June Canedo
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Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon
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1860tirage photographique ; Portrait de femme
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1932Self-Portrait
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2021Unearthing a “quaint” Jamaica with photographer Jeano Edwards in his new project EverWonderful
Identity
2020For Jiab Prachakul, there is more to portraiture than producing the beautiful
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Meyer-Heine - Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914) and Alfred Cadart (French, 1825–1875)
![Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]](/api/local-img?p=canon%2Fvam%2Fguy-little-theatrical-photograph-vam-o157337.jpg)
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Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
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2015Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize-nominated photographs of twins
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Photographic portrait of W. Lambe.
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Propagandopolis
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2013Photography: It's our pleasure to present an interview with legendary 1960s photographer, Jerry de Wilde
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2014First-rate portrait photography by young talent Tom Johnson
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1320Saint Romuald
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2019“An endless love story”: Claudine Doury returns to the Amur River to photograph its people
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2021Rich-Joseph Facun documents the lives of a small community in Appalachia, a place he now calls home
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2026Max Lancaster’s Bunny And I is a delicate documentary on schizophrenia that swaps spectacle for sensitivity
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2021Milena Bucholz pays tribute to the biodiversity of Guadaloupe in her nostalgia-infused illustrations
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2026Jeremy Liebman’s debut Apartamento book traces family life as language begins to disappear
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Portret van drie onbekende Yakuza-mannen in Kamagasaki, Osaka
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2021“The most extraordinary person, given a bit of time, can become extraordinary”: Jamie Hawkesworth captures The British Isles
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1700Jan Vos (1610-67), Amsterdam poet
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1810Portrait of Willem Bilderdijk
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1930Six Girls For Cover - Eliot Elisofon
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1622Portrait of a Woman, Called the Marchesa Durazzo
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2017Sparkling Past: celebrating the work of photographer, Jean-François De Witte
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1700Portrait of Matthijs Gansneb, called Tengnagel, Poet in Amsterdam
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2017David Hurn’s trips to Arizona from 1979 – 2001 capture “ordinary people in ordinary pursuits”
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Portrait of Nina and Vassily Kandinsky in the Bauhaus garden in Dessau
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2018Judit Kristensen on the pace and vulnerability of her pencil portraits
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2015Photographer Leonard Greco talks us through his portraits
Painting
Portrait of a Man
Drawing
1620"Portrait of Raja Bikramajit (Sundar Das)", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
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2013Illustration: Come and meet the breathtakingly talented Connor Willumsen
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2018Linda Brownlee's warm portrait of British seaside town Great Yarmouth
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2013Toby Coulson captures people and places with exceptional, considered skill
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2009Fifty People One Question
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2017