Portraiture and PhotographyHow does a portrait show who we are?

Unit 1: Lesson 3

Guiding Questions

• How can a self portrait be a reflection of our identity, of who we are?

• How does the composition, point of view, setting, background and foreground, light and shadows help us know more about the subject in the portrait?

• How does the language of photography allow us to manipulate the results we want to obtain when taking a self-portrait?

A photographic portrait

Comparing two portraits

Comparing a portrait and a self-portrait

PORTRAIT SELF-PORTRAIT

Other image suggestions

Portrait and Portrait:• Graciela Iturbide, 7674

Chalmita: http://www.artnet.com/artists/graciela-iturbide/chalmita-a-4wrBuRu8-DnfS5PwofRtZg2

• Paul Mathey, Mother and Child in a Room: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting.html?no_cache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=121480

Portrait and Self-Portrait:• Henri-Cartier Bresson, Coco

Chanel: https://www.magnumphotos.com/image/PAR33356.html

• Henri-Cartier Bresson, Self-Portrait: http://www.magnumphotos.com/image/PAR223951.html