About SJMA Portraits
January 29, 2011 through June 5, 2011
Free with Museum Admission
Just as Robert Mapplethorpe was inspired by an earlier generation of portrait photographers, we hope you are inspired by the works in this exhibition. This studio is set up for you to consider the choices photographers make and create a portrait for yourself. The essential tools are provided for you to play and experiment. Choose a backdrop, turn the lights on or off, work with your subject to determine how he or she will be represented, compose your image, and capture the moment with the camera provided or use your own.
A portrait does more than capture a likeness: it offers a glimpse into the individuality of the sitter. The photographer makes a series of formal choices (lighting, background, composition, black-and-white or color) as well as emotional and aesthetic choices (gesture, posture) to portray the subject. Is the image formal, designed to flatter? Or a paparazzi snapshot intended to disarm and discredit? Portraiture is a collaboration between the photographer and the sitter, melding intention with performance in order to create a persona or expose a truth.
http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/event/create-a-portrait
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Additional Information
 This is a public group.
- Accepted media types:
- Accepted content types:
- Photos
- Screenshots
- Illustration/Art
- Accepted safety levels:
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