portrait

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Except for some portraits, all of the pictures in the show are untitled; is that because Meatyard didn’t want to give us clues to his intentions?

From The Wall Street Journal

But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.

From Los Angeles Times

In most cases the “mummy portraits”—as the paintings are called—came to be pried or detached from the full mummy by excavators, archaeologists or thieves.

From The Wall Street Journal

Directed by Tristan Cook and opening in New York this weekend, the film breaks up its tour footage with the history of the quartet and briefly sketched portraits of its players.

From The Wall Street Journal

I have to say, I noticed on a streaming site, a little portrait of Aunt Gladys is the image they use to sell “Weapons.”

From Los Angeles Times