portrait
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Bazuin: We wanted to disrupt expectations audiences might have and to make it a more human portrait.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
"The result is a remarkably complete portrait of the festival, revealing not just its glamour, but the full human story surrounding it," she told AFP.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Mr. Ferrer’s portrait of Hepburn is loving and respectful, a welcome change from books written by the disaffected children of such stars as Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Bing Crosby.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The first thing that greeted them inside the house was a portrait of a large, jowly man with a pencil-thin mustache and thick glasses.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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