For Melissa Alcena taking portraits “has given me an insight into myself and others”
2019
London's National Portrait Gallery opens first show without faces
2015
Uli Knörzer brings the fleeting moments of everyday life to paper, “one pencil stroke at a time”
2020
Photographer Leonard Greco talks us through his portraits
2015
Rich-Joseph Facun documents the lives of a small community in Appalachia, a place he now calls home
2021
Unearthing a “quaint” Jamaica with photographer Jeano Edwards in his new project EverWonderful
2021
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize-nominated photographs of twins
2015
Photography: It's our pleasure to present an interview with legendary 1960s photographer, Jerry de Wilde
2013
Judit Kristensen on the pace and vulnerability of her pencil portraits
2018
Graduate Jamain Gordon’s warm portraits from his home of Guyana
2017
RP-F-2019-242-1-35B(R)
1953
Study for Poster Portrait Marsden Hartley by Charles Demuth
2011
Charlie Clift photographs Brits in Europe ahead of EU Referendum
2016
For photographer Eli Wirija, the highest form of art evokes an emotion in the viewer without trying
2021
Portret van een oude man met driekantige steek
1775
Here's some incredibly astute portrait photography by Patrick Desbrosses
2014
Photography: Robert Ormerod documents Scotland's young politicians
2014
Portret van Godfried III met de Bult, hertog van Neder-Lotharingen
1620
tirage photographique ; Portrait d'homme
1870
Meet Manchester graduate and fantastic photographer Charlie Hitchen
2015
Cool + Cool = Cooler. Barack Obama photographed by Terry Richardson
2012
“Everyone I shoot ends up becoming part of my family”: Quil Lemons on connecting with his subjects
2024
Beautifully shot portraits of east London skaters
2015
Photographer David Stewart tells us about his winning image for the 2015 Taylor Wessing prize
2015
With “personality and warmth”, Laura McCluskey turns her lens to those around her
2019
Portrait of a Monk in Prayer
photographic print; Portrait of a woman
Life through the lens of enchanting photographer Vicki King
2017
Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution
2019
Photography: Yorkshire photographer Robert Chilton takes terrific portraits
2014
Daniel Shea's photos are more than a metaphor for those living in coal country
2012
“I just intuitively know when to stop and shoot”: Marcus Menefee on trusting your gut during photoshoots
2021
Rebecca Scheinberg comes pretty damn close to making perfect photographs
2015
Photography: Three cheers for the beach! Check out these sunny portraits by June Canedo
2014
Publication: Yusuke Miyagawa's portrait of Kingston, Jamaica
2014
Naakte vrouw met losse haren en draperie
1890
Portret van Arnulf, graaf van Holland
1620
Groepsportret van drie onbekende Caraïben-vrouwen en een kind, Paramaribo
1896
Photographer Ryan Duffin embraces the quirks of his subjects and the outtakes of life
2019
Photographer Anastasia Korosteleva's waterborne portraits of Maldivian girls
2017
Isobel Rae understands and connects with her subjects to “portray them as they are”
2021
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (1828–1887)
1876
Photography: Rising star Sara Naim wows us with her versatile portfolio
2013
Photography: Dappled orange sunlight and kindly weathered faces captured by Adam Golfer
2014
photographic portrait, John Maksing
We interview Dave Glass, who has shot San Francisco since the 1960s
2014
Photography: Eric Ruby paints a portrait of mortality in this stark series
2014
Photography: Katie Miller on sun, sky, landscape, and the backs of heads (some NSFW)
2014
A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility
1887
Zittende man op de rug gezien
1775
Miss Miller, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Old Judge Cigarettes
1886
Bakkersechtpaar Arent Oostwaard en Catharina Keizerswaard
1800
Zittende naakte vrouw
1700
Adrián Catalán’s refined portfolio is full of people with “mysterious attitudes”
2020
Portret van Floris I, graaf van Holland
1620
Graphic Design China 2005 (GDC 05)
2005
from Wrinkle Jewelry collection (2012)
2012
Graven en gravinnen van Holland (1620)
1620
from Wrinkle Jewelry collection (2012)
2012
Portraits of Surinamese Girls
1805
Portret van Dirk V, graaf van Holland
1620
Mlle. Zuillos, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
1888
Portrait of Willem de Groot, Lawyer and Writer
1732
Most creative work is made to a brief – so is fake art in film actually ‘fake’?
2026
Portrait of Johannes Polyander à Kerckhoven, Professor of Theology in Leiden
1700
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
Graven en gravinnen van Holland (1620)
1620
Portrait of Jan Harmensz de Marre (1696-1763). Seaman, Poet and Director of the Amsterdam Theater
1732
Card Number 221, Carrie Coote, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes
1880
Dirck Graswinckel (1600-66). Rechtsgeleerde en letterkundige
1700
William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
1670
Anaïs Kugel’s portraits are unmistakably from the female gaze
2026
Miss Everson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N171) for Old Judge Cigarettes
1886
Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin/[photographic portrait]
Portrait of Anne Fernely. Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham
1560
"Portrait of Sayyid Abu'l Muzaffar Khan, Khan Jahan Barha", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
1630
Candy Wear Jewelry Series
1999
Portrait of Willem III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange and since 1689, King of England
1670
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
Portrait of Petrus Baard, Physician and Poet from Leeuwarden
1700
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony
1532
Affiche ter gelegenheid van het veertigjarig regeringsjubileum van koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden
1938
"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,
1610
Jaša Müller’s pastel portraits of our biggest stars are personal, playful and imperfect
2026
Portrait of Petrus Bertius, Professor at Leiden
1700
Strangely haunting portraits of aeroplane passengers by John Schabel
2013
Twee verklede gasten bij de opening van Paradiso
1967
Portrait of Jacoba Bontemantel (1643-?)
1644
Man met peuter op de rug, Osaka
Portret van Theo Kleij met zelfgemaakte instrumenten
1967
How Alfie Whiteman – pro footballer turned photographer and director – shows the turbulence of change through his vulnerable work
2026
Portret van keizer Maximiliaan I
1620
Portrait 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
1604
Portret van Jacob de Witt (1589-1674)
1630
American artist Amy Sherald paints Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair’s September issue
2020
How I Got Here: Nadav Kander, photographer
2016
Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa
2019
The Economist Magazine
2022
Book of Roy: Neil Drabble photographs an American teenager over the course of eight years
2019
Breathtaking portraits of America's gay community by Elle Perez
2013
Jack Davison’s barefaced and brooding London portraits
2015
Meet the speakers: Frances Corner, Yukai Du, Akinola Davies and Simon Landrein
2017
JJ Lorenzo photographs a generation “marked by the frictions between East and West” in Ukraine
2021
Figure of Hannah More
1830
Photography: Tobias Harvey's amazing pictures of Toulouse-Lautrec's ancestral home for Port
2014
“I’ve always loved people. That’s been my talent”: Rankin in conversation with It’s Nice That
2019
Photographer McNair Evans captures strangers on 15-day train journeys
2015
A charming portrait of Barcelona's 77-year-old matchday announcer
2015
Cute boys and puppies alert! Check out these snaps by Philippe Jarrigeon
2014
Meet the speakers: Mikey Please, Eliza Hatch, Dylan Griffith and Elisabeth Krohn
2017
Few photographers capture famous faces better than Andreas Laszlo Konrath
2015
Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin / [portrait photographique]
1900
Tom Fox Shea’s portrait of Utah shows a sleepy state with underlying tensions
2018
photographic portrait, August Rooseleaf
1920
photographic portrait, Alma Praks
[Portrait anonyme] / copied by the London stereoscopic & photographic company
photographic portrait, Helle Hanso
1989
Eric Yahnker tells us about creating that familiar-looking portrait for our latest Printed Pages cover
2015
Portret van een onbekende man met staartpruik
1700
Irregular portraiture from young New York photographer Eric Chakeen
2014
Portrait of Cornelis van der Pot (1736-1805), Merchant and Poet in Rotterdam
1732
Year of the Ear: Alexander Coggin’s ear portraits celebrate the variety of society
2021
A Couple in an Interior
1672
1899 poster of Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones
2022
Ritratto di Ludovico (?) Gonzaga - Andrea Mantegna
Vermont Politics - Walter Sanders
Man Shoot - Paul Schutzer
1961
Sylvia Porter (Economist) - Joe Scherschel
1958
fotoportree, Villu Laanemägi
1965
Abraham Lincoln Campaign Poster
2025
The Shadow And The Dance: An interview with Nadav Kander
2015
Portrait of artist Damir Očko and curator Marc Bembekoff - Aurélien Mole
Drees vraagt uw vertrouwen voor lijst 2
1952
Sibyl Anderson, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
1890
Man te paard in rijkostuum met driekantige steek
1700
Close crops and gloriously stubbly hairlines by Francesco Nazardo
2015
Portrait of David or Daniel Lingelbach I, Founder of the Nieuwe Doolhof (New Labyringh), Amsterdam
1700
Ones to Watch 2018: photographer June Canedo
2018
Saint Vincent, Patron Saint of Lisbon
tirage photographique ; Portrait de femme
1860
For Jiab Prachakul, there is more to portraiture than producing the beautiful
2020
Meyer-Heine - Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914) and Alfred Cadart (French, 1825–1875)
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph [o15733]
Photographic portrait of W. Lambe.
First-rate portrait photography by young talent Tom Johnson
2014
“An endless love story”: Claudine Doury returns to the Amur River to photograph its people
2019
Max Lancaster’s Bunny And I is a delicate documentary on schizophrenia that swaps spectacle for sensitivity
2026
Milena Bucholz pays tribute to the biodiversity of Guadaloupe in her nostalgia-infused illustrations
2021
Jeremy Liebman’s debut Apartamento book traces family life as language begins to disappear
2026
Portret van drie onbekende Yakuza-mannen in Kamagasaki, Osaka
“The most extraordinary person, given a bit of time, can become extraordinary”: Jamie Hawkesworth captures The British Isles
2021
Jan Vos (1610-67), Amsterdam poet
1700
Portrait of Willem Bilderdijk
1810
Six Girls For Cover - Eliot Elisofon
1930
Portrait of a Woman, Called the Marchesa Durazzo
1622
Sparkling Past: celebrating the work of photographer, Jean-François De Witte
2017
Portrait of Matthijs Gansneb, called Tengnagel, Poet in Amsterdam
1700
David Hurn’s trips to Arizona from 1979 – 2001 capture “ordinary people in ordinary pursuits”
2017
Portrait of Nina and Vassily Kandinsky in the Bauhaus garden in Dessau
"Portrait of Raja Bikramajit (Sundar Das)", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album
1620
Illustration: Come and meet the breathtakingly talented Connor Willumsen
2013
Linda Brownlee's warm portrait of British seaside town Great Yarmouth
2018
Toby Coulson captures people and places with exceptional, considered skill
2013
Fifty People One Question
2009
Celia Jacobs’ portrait of Los Angeles illustrates the idiosyncrasies of the sunny city
2017