portrait

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As the exhibition reflects, much of John's work focuses on three-quarter portraits of women, often seated, sometimes reading.

From BBC

Each year, Bani Walid celebrates the anniversary of a 1969 coup that brought Gaddafi to power, with people parading through the streets with portraits of the ex-leader and Libya's green flag from before the revolt.

From Barron's

On a wooden fence, Good’s portrait accompanied those of Floyd and other Black men killed by police in Minnesota in recent years, among them Daunte Wright, Winston Boogie Smith Jr. and Amir Locke.

From Los Angeles Times

Two commemorative coins, released by the Royal Australian Mint and bearing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, have been criticised for their lack of resemblance to the late monarch.

From BBC

But to snap a portrait of one delicious little donut dude with a backdrop of the city that embraces him.

From Salon