Tony Vaccaro Portrait

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In your posts you will need to discuss  the journey that Portraiture has taken over its' history. For example the movement from Rich and Powerful people having expensive portraits made for them to the works of Portraiture photographers depicting the inner conflicts and catching their subjects in moments when they are least prepared.

Tony Vaccaro has taken many photos in his life time. Ranging from shots in the war - portraits of Picasso. He went from a photo journalist in world war 2 to becoming a Portraiture in the late 60's. In his war photos he took pictures of dead soldiers from each side. He took shots of people getting shot as soon as the bullet entered them. Once the war ended he moved over to a more peaceful and less action packed side of photography. When Tony Vaccaro took the portraits of the people they posed and made themselves look completely different to their personality. As Tony Vaccaro wanted to reveal the 'posers' true identity he made out that his camera was broken when they were posing so they dropped their pose and as soon as they dropped their pose Tony Vaccaro quickly snapped them to reveal their true selves. As you can see with Picasso's image he looks relaxed. What he originally was doing was posing making himself look powerful, dominant so this image shows a completely new side to Picasso. Taking shots of the people when they were least prepared made Tony Vaccaro a well known portraiture because doing this showed the world the true side to some of the most powerful/well known people in the world. Since cameras have been introduced paint portraits are no longer needed. After the Leica camera was introduced image shots were taken instantly this is why you can reveal the 'posers' true self. Having the camera take pictures instantly saved a lot of time and money..