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Best books on portrait photography in 2026: learn from the masters

By Adam Juniper Last updated

Books Learn to shoot great pictures of people with our rundown of the best books on portrait photography

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Black and white image of Marilyn Monroe lying on a beach amidst the surf
Beach photos that set a young Marilyn Monroe on a highway to Hollywood commemorated with new plaque

By Mike Harris Published

News Pin-up photos captured on a Long Island beach set a 23-year-old Norma Jeane’s trajectory towards Hollywood and history!

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Tony McGee picture of David Bowie and Tony McGee by his studio
Photographing David Bowie: "He'd built up all the evidence. So then I had to destroy them…"

By Ariane Sherine Juniper Published

News Six photographers reveal what it was like to shoot David Bowie, the most image-conscious star of all time, sharing fascinating personal insights

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A lone silhouetted figure stands before a giant projected black-and-white portrait of Malala Yousafzai, surrounded by colourful animated flowers and foliage at the base of the image.
When Shirin Neshat photographed Malala, she turned to calligraphy to say what the camera alone could not

By Tom May Published

News The Malala Yousafzai portrait that went beyond photography is now on show at a new immersive London experience

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The silhouettes of an adult and a child stand before a vast black-and-white projection of Nelson Mandela's portrait at FRAMELESS London, with floating abstract symbols scattered across the image.
The one photo of Nelson Mandela the world needed: why Jillian Edelstein went against the grain to shoot this portrait of the South African icon

By Tom May Published

The story behind the Mandela portrait that defied expectation, now brought to life at a new immersive London experience

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Left: A close-up self-portrait of Richard Avedon grinning broadly, both hands pressed against his temples, the image slightly soft-focused and full of manic energy. Right: A young man in black sits casually across two ornate chairs before a white studio backdrop marked with a large red painted X.
Ron Howard's new documentary movie, Avedon, reminds us why the greatest photographer of the 20th century didn't care what camera he used

By Tom May Published

Premiering at Cannes this week, the film shows us how the greatest images come from reading people, not mastering f-stops

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Female policewoman standing in front of police car
The long road to being seen: one photographer's 90-day quest to portray what Muslim America really looks like

By Tom May Published

News British photographer Mahtab Hussain is setting out to discover what it truly means to belong in the United States

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Dave and Philip Sharkey talk in the cramped darkroom at Passport Photo Service in 1978, with a Kodak Versamat processing machine and a Beseler enlarger visible among the equipment around them.
No stylist, no lighting rig… but passport photos make some of the best celebrity pictures. This new book helps me understand why with its mugshots of Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, Mohammad Ali and more

By Tom May Published

Opinion It documents how a modest Oxford Street studio, open for 66 years, assembled an astonishing archive of famous faces

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Woman looking to the side in edited portrait photo taken in a cafe
This $5 coffee shop trick beats a $5,000 studio shoot and it's perfect for building your portrait photography career

By Ariane Sherine Published

Opinion Photographers spend hundreds or more on studio time, but relaxing a client – and getting better results – can cost a lot less...

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Clients love it when I use AI – until they find out it's AI

By Ariane Sherine Published

Opinion Some photography clients don't like to know that you've used AI. But there is a solution...

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