Portrait Photography
Capturing Souls, Not Just Faces
A great portrait tells a story. Learn from world-class portrait photographers as they share how they connect with their subjects, shape light, and create unforgettable images.
Master lighting, posing, and composition
Learn how to capture authentic emotions
Turn portraits into storytelling masterpieces
Ready to create portraits that truly connect? Watch and learn from the best!
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Bruce Gilden known for his flash-lit street portraits. He shares what drives him on the streets for art photography and on commercial shoots for clients like Vogue. Five films. One iconic voice.
Explore the world through Raghu Rai’s soulful lens in three compelling films. He shares his deeply personal photographs as a spiritual and philosophical journey. He works instinctively, letting the heart guide the eye, and invites you to see his work as a meditative practice rooted in silence, trust, and inner stillness. Immerse yourself in wisdom, color, and authentic storytelling from India’s photographic master.
For over 40 years, RAX has captured the vanishing lives and landscapes of the far north. Through his striking monochrome images, Ragnar reveals the deep bond between Arctic people and their harsh environment, threatened by climate change. His work is a powerful blend of beauty and urgency, seen through the viewfinder of the heart, evoking awe, connection, and reflection.
In these two face to face talks with Mona Kuhn you will learn about her range of playful visual strategies. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, Mona's practice has focused on the mysteries of the physical and metaphysical presence of the figure. She is acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, and considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Her projects always starts with an emotion, and from there she will build her ideas.
Photographer, communicator, and visual poet, Morten Krogvold shares his unique philosophy and process in this three-part film series. With passion, precision, and personal insight, he takes us behind the camera to explore what makes an image truly meaningful. These films are rich in atmosphere, filled with artistic reflections, and infused with Krogvold’s signature charm and deep love for the photographic moment.
In this 26 minutes long conversation you get a rare insight in the artist behind the provocative and controversial photography. He will talk about exoeriences in his childhood that has made a great impact on his artistry, and how he experiment and stretch our understanding of what photography can be. His techniques include scratching the negative, bleaching or toning the print, and using a hands-in-the-chemicals printing technique.
Greg Gorman is known for his stark, honest portraits of both the most famous and infamous faces of the world. In these three amazing lessons Gorman will share his knowledge on how to get inside the head of the ones being portrayed, to make them feel confident and look their best in front of the camera, and then how he use the light to create shapes and magic in the photography.
In this three-video bundle, discover their philosophy and how they transform performance, culture, and myth into stunning visual art. Like Mannerists and Surrealists, they reshape reality through memories, moods, and wounds - creating powerful, unforgettable stories.
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Step into the cinematic world of Julia Fullerton-Batten, where light, space, and human presence are carefully composed to tell striking visual stories. This four-part film series offers a rare look behind the scenes of her artistic process.
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In this 22 minutes long video, Krogvold explains how he prepares for his portraits. The quality of a portrait is a result of the spirit of the meeting, and the first 20 seconds of the meeting decides everything. The better prepared you are the more present, secure, and concentrated on the meeting you will appear, thus being able to capture the radiation of it.