Fine Art vs. Commercial Portraits

Annie Leibovitz

Mark Seliger

The first photo has different lighting and composition. The second photo wants you to read more about Jennifer Lawrence. She's also in different poses. 

Commercial Portraits

A commercial portrait wants us to do something like buy a product or read more about the subject.

Mario Testino

This cover wants you to read more about Cara Delevingne. 

James Fickling

This photo wants you to buy clothing.

Fine Art Portraits

A fine art portrait tells a story using mood, emotion, and/or composition.

Annie Leibovitz

I like that this picture shows the subject doing something instead of just looking at the camera.

Eric Garcia March

I like that in this picture you know that the subject is angry and you can feel that.

Project #9 - Surrealism and Photomontage

In this photo I wanted to make it so that the viewer felt small.

In this photo I was trying to make this person have like a hurricane of debris around them.