Portraiture is the capture of the likeness of a person or a small group of people, in which the face and the expression is predominant. Portraiture is the focus of the person's face in the photograph. Normally the person in the picture will be facing the camera and will be posing in a certain way. Unlike many other photography styles, the subjects of portraiture are often non-professional models.
Diane Arbus
Diane Arbus was an American photographer. In the early 1940s Diane's father employed her to take photographs for the department store's advertisements. Portraiture, the genre from which her fame arose, quickly became her focal point; this personal and sophisticated approach redefined documentary photography. She took photographs of people who wouldn't have been classed as "normal in the society" at the time or of people whose normality seems ugly. (dwarfs giants, transvestites, nudists, circus performers). Diane was fascinated by these people and wanted to know more about them.Although some of Arbus's photographs have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, Arbus's work has provoked controversy; for example, Norman Mailer was quoted in 1971 as saying "Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child."
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