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A History of Portrait Photography, Part II

In this second part of our lesson on the history of portrait photography, the historian Guillaume Blanc continues his exploration of the genre by theme, starting with the social question. Read the first part of the course here if needed.

Looking at suffering: The portrait as a mean for raising awareness

From the late nineteenth the century to the Second World War, the United States was a center for new developments in photography. Photography took on a social, engaged ro...

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