Portrait Reviews

Santa Claus, A Vintage Pictorial Review Magazine Cover

admin — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:36:07 +0000

Pictorial Review was an American glossy magazine targeted at women. The publication included sections on fashion, dressmaking, style and home-making. The magazine lasted from 1899 to 1939, eventually becoming one of the Great Depression’s many victims.
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Sertab Erener, Concert Poster Portrait

admin — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:59:38 +0000

Sertab Erener is a popular Turkish singer who came to worldwide prominence when she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 with the song “Everyway That I Can”. Prior to that competition Erener was well-known for many years in Turkey, releasing her first album Sakin Ol in 1992.
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet - Vincent van Gogh

admin — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:04:16 +0000

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Portrait of Dr. Gachet is a late 19th century masterpiece by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh and one of the most valuable paintings ever. Van Gogh actually painted two versions of this portrait—the painting above, currently held by the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and an earlier version in different colours and with different features, including buttons on Dr. Gachet’s jacket.
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White Camel Portrait - Wadi Rum, Jordan

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:46:24 +0000

Although the scan is not as clear as it could be, I still love this photo. The white of the inquisitive young camel contrasts beautifully with the red sand, brown rock cliffs and bluish sky. Other camels loiter in the background. The white camel’s two front legs are tethered by rope. This tether still allows the camel to walk but restricts its movement so it doesn’t far away from the owner or the other camels.
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Marilyn Monroe Art Portrait by Andy Warhol

admin — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:16:54 +0000

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Framed

Andy Warhol is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Warhol came to be known as the central figure in the ‘pop art’ movement. Instead of producing single copies of elaborate works of art as traditionally done in the art world, Warhol produced multiple versions and copies of everyday items, thus giving rise to ‘pop art’.
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Soldiers at the Mazar-e-Quaid Mausoleum in Karachi, Pakistan

admin — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:56:31 +0000

Mazar-e-Quaid is the mausoleum of Pakistan’s founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah, otherwise known as Quaid-e-Azam or Baba-e-Qaum. It is located in Karachi, Jinnah’s places of birth and death and Pakistan’s largest city.
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Famous Writer Portrait - Jules Verne

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:23:21 +0000

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The above black and white portrait photo is of Jules Verne and was shot by Félix Nadar, the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a notable French photographer and caricaturist.
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Concert Portrait - Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:44:29 +0000

One for live music lovers!

The above photo portrait is a of Eddie Vedder, lead singer of rock band Pearl Jam, at their 14 September 2006 concert in Bologna, Italy.
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