The Portrait

• Self Destruction by Samantha Goss

  Easley, SC United States Equipment:Canon EOS 6D, Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art Print Media:

• 108/365/2017 :: My Love of Photography will Conquer My Fear of Being A Photographer. by Elena Bouvier

  Philadelphia, PA USA From the daily self-portrait project, 'Talking To MySelf / 365 :: An Odyssey Unraveling'. Equipment:iPhone Print Media:

• Mayahuel by Frédéric Deschênes

  Montréal, Québec Canada Looking to the sky - Supported by the hair - As light as love - Time does not exist anymore Equipment: Print Media:

• Minds Eye by J. Felice Boucher

  Brunswick, ME United States Equipment:Canon Mark lll / Window Light Print Media:

• Duality by Samantha Goss

  Easley, SC United States Equipment:Canon EOS 6D, Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art Print Media:

• Unfaded Touch by Samantha Goss

  Easley, SC United States Equipment:Canon EOS 6D, Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art Print Media:

• Faye by Steve Lease

  Doylestown, PA USA Equipment: Print Media:

• Barbaric Glass No.31 by Susan Keiser

  Beacon, NY USA Equipment: Print Media:

• A Dead Rose by William Earle

  Coatesville, Pa USA “The heart doth recognise thee, Alone, alone! The heart doth smell thee sweet, Doth view thee fair, doth judge thee most complete,- Though seeing now those changes that disguise thee.” Excerpt from A Dead Rose by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Equipment:Canon 5DS Print Media:

• Chester and His Frame, 2016 by Albert George

  CHICAGO, IL United States Equipment:Mamiya RB67 Print Media:

• Assia by Anita Sagastegui

  Walnut Creek, Ca USA From the series Bodies of Light Equipment:Nikon D800 Print Media:

• Paula by Aubrey Guthrie II

  Hurst, Texas USA Portrait of a good friend Equipment: Print Media:

• Godwin's Greek Grammar (Self-Portrait) by Bruce Berkow

  New York, NY USA Equipment: Print Media:

• The Days of Barefoot, Strange Love by Candi S. Kalinsky

  Omaha, Nebraska USA Equipment: Print Media:

• Secret Club (from the Card Games series) by Catherine Fairchild

  Houston, Texas USA This photograph shows my uncle, aunt, and mother when they were children 100 years ago. The original photographer is unknown. The inscription is a promise that I wrote as a child regarding my own sister. (Here I added an "s" to "sister.") Equipment:Scanner Print Media:

• Johanna Butt. 1stLt. Army Nurse Corp. 1943–1946. by D. Clarke Evans

  San Antonio, TX USA Treated wounded from Patton's Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne during WWII. Equipment: Print Media:

• Thomas Whetstone. SSgt. U.S. Army, 1942-1946. by D. Clarke Evans

  San Antonio, TX USA Participated in Battle of Okinawa and the occupation of Korea during WWII. Equipment: Print Media:

• Home by Danielle L Goldstein

  NEW YORK, NY United States Archival Digital Print Equipment:Canon 5D Mark IV Print Media:

• Celina by David Aimone

  Saratoga Springs, NY USA A shirt factory, where women used to work long hours sewing clothing for others. 4x5" View Camera, Antique Heliar Portrait Lens, Efke PL25M Film. Equipment:Chamonix 045n View Camera Print Media:

• Sam Ambler by Edward L. Rubin

  Los Angeles, CA USA A portrait of my husband of twenty-nine years, the poet Sam Ambler. Equipment:Nikon D5100 Print Media:

• 235/366/2016 :: Fear Smells Bad. by Elena Bouvier

  Philadelphia, PA USA From the daily self-portrait project, 'Talking To MySelf / 365 :: An Odyssey Unraveling'. Equipment:iPhone Print Media:

• BROKEN WOMAN by Émili Bermúdez

  Tacoronte, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain Equipment:NIKON D7100 Print Media:

• Queer in Utah 1 by Fazilat Soukhakian

  Bountiful, Utah USA This project showcases the contemporary mormon LGBTQ community of youth in Utah and their pursuit of love despite the strict teachings of the church and the community regarding sexuality. Equipment:Camera Print Media:

• Portrait in modern times by Federico Odello

  Milano, Milano Italy In a world where the need for identity is overwhelming the individual, this photograph changes perspective. The search for one's identity on the part of people becomes the object of the photographer's work, replacing the people themselves. Equipment: Print Media:

• Blindness by Florin Ion Firimita

  Winchester, CT United States Equipment:Fuji XT3 Print Media:

• Bed Head by Grant Moxley

  Walton, Kentucky USA The back of Alan's wild hair. Equipment:Canon 5D Mark IV / Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art Print Media:

• In Transit. by Grant Moxley

  Walton, Kentucky USA Chicago O'Hare Airport Equipment:Fuji XPro-2 / 18mm WR Print Media:

• The Monster Under the Bed is Me by Holly Thompson

  New Braunfels, TX USA Equipment: Print Media:

• The Dancing Shushis of Qeshm Island by Huda Abdulmughni

  Salam, Kuwait Nowruz Sayadeen (Fisherman’s New Year) takes place during summer in Salakh. Amid the celebrations an array of characters flood the beach. The make-believe Shushi, armed with his palm leaves, dances and toys with the crowd the most. Equipment:Rolleiflex. Kodak portra film 400 Print Media:

• feminine by Jacquelyn Hazel

  Flagstaff, Az USA A triptych series of a young woman enjoying the winter afternoon Equipment:canon rebel t6 Print Media:

• Snake Boy by Jeff Dannay

  Scottsdale, AZ United States At a local family-owned brick factory in Battambang, Cambodia, we bumped into a boy with mud on his face and snakes in his hands . He had been foraging in a local creek, looking for dinner. He was gracious enough to allow us some photos, for a buck. Equipment:Nikon D5, 1/100 sec @f/7.1, ISO 100 Print Media:

• Untitled Byzantium by Jeff Mark Leavitt

  Santa Monica, California USA An Exploration in Giving Up Equipment:Mamiya RZ67 on Kodak TMax 100 filmstock Print Media:

• Pure Beauty by Jim Gabbard

  Fort Wayne, Indiana USA I was working on a series of images where my subjects were photographed behind a piece of glass. I was trying to showcase beauty and grace in my subject while using the glass to soften and partially obscure the woman. Equipment:Canon camera and lens Print Media:

• Raul Julia by Judy Brown

  Natick, MA USA Raul Julia is posing in profile in the doorway of his home about to pass into the sunny outdoor area. Equipment:Canon 5D mark IV Print Media:

• JuJuB & Jasper by Julie Hamel

  Loudon, NH USA Part of ongoing series 'Familiar Waters' Equipment: Print Media:

• Untitled by Julie Hamel

  Loudon, NH USA Equipment: Print Media:

• You Don't Know What You're Capable Of by Kate Miller-Wilson

  Hanover, MN USA You Don't Know What You're Capable Of is part of a series of images my son and I made together to explore the parent-child bond as it is affected by autism. Our photo book, Look Me in the Lens, is available on Amazon. Equipment:Nikon D750, Sigma Art 35mm f/1.4 Print Media:

• Soft Serve by Kelly Ciurej

  Honolulu, HI USA Equipment: Print Media:

• In the Land of Strangers by Lawrence Russ

  Southport, CT USA Equipment:Canon 5D Mk III, 16-35 f/4 L IS, 11 Speedlites Print Media:

• Street Portrait, Addis Ababa by Li Shen

  Thetford Center, Vermont USA One of many encounters in the busy market streets of Addis Ababa. Some, like this youth, really wanted to be photographed. Equipment:Sony alpha 7; f 6.3, 1/250 Print Media:

• Mobile Portrait by Li Shen

  Thetford Center, Vermont USA Ink jet prints, torn and re-arranged. Equipment:Sony alpha 7; f 8; 1/4 second Print Media:

• Spark Face by Lisa A Cuchara

  Hamden, CT United States Steel Wool, stuffed into a whisk, clipped to a chain, set on fire & twirled. The long exposure captured the sparks. The twirler was on a boat on a lake, hence the refection. Eyes created in Photoshop (from the image) & resized. Equipment:Canon 5DMark III Print Media:

• Chelsea Elevator by Liza Hennessey Botkin

  Studio City, CA USA Equipment: Print Media:

• Self Portrait by Matt Sims

  Grapevine, TX United States As I wander the woods, I look into bird nests expecting to see a weak and defenseless creature. Sometimes there are unexpected reflections of ourselves in nature and unanswered questions as to who we are. Equipment:Nikon Z7 with adapted Leica 50 mm Summilux lens Print Media:

• Man with Turban by Michael Matthews

  Berlin, Brandenburg Germany Taken in Jaiselmer, Rajasthan, September 2018 Equipment:Nikon D850, Nikkor 24 - 120 lens Print Media:

• Molly 2018 by Michael Potts

  Phoenix, AZ USA A friend's daughter. I like to use dark backgrounds because my subjects really stand out like the lights we all are. I prefer landscape orientation because we see more horizontally than vertically. I feel more drawn in this way. Equipment:Canon 5Ds Print Media:

• Printworthy by Mildred Alpern

  New York, New York USA If a picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, a portrait may encompass the dictionary. The power of language makes humans unique creatures with their ability to communicate images and ideas, representational and abstract ones as well. Equipment:Olympus E-M5 Mark II Print Media:

• Self Portrait by Nadide Goksun

  Scarsdale, New York United States Equipment:NIKON D610/ 1/50 sec f/3.5 ISO1000 - 24 mm Print Media:

• Hula Hoop Queen by Natalie Fay Green

  Bethesda, MD USA From my ongoing project "Like a Girl" Equipment: Print Media:

• MR. TUXEDO by paul greenberg

  dallas, TX USA Equipment: Print Media:

• Under the Influence by Peggy Reynolds

  Essex Jct., VT USA Vermont, USA, Impact of mass media Equipment:Canon EOS 5D Mark III Print Media:

• Tour bus driver by Philip Goodman

  Dallas, Texas USA Equipment: Print Media:

• Carlos Colorín. Havana, Cuba. 2018. by Ron Cooper

  Englewood, CO USA Carlos Pucheux, also known as Colorín, has been a clown in the Cuba National Circus for more than forty years. He is shown in this portrait peering from the iconic red and white circus tent on the outskirts of Havana. Equipment:Canon 5D Mark IV Print Media:

• Mom and Baby. Near Pisac, Peru. 2018. by Ron Cooper

  Englewood, CO USA Equipment:Canon 5D Mark IV Print Media:

• Water Portrait - Barbara by Russ Rowland

  NY, NY USA Equipment: Print Media: