Programme Notes

1st April 2027

What is a Portrait?

Tom Peck LRPS CPAGB

This presentation will look at the history of photographic portraiture from the Victorian beginnings through to our selfie culture of the 21st Century. It traces how portraits have evolved from pictorialism through to post modernism, and will delve into social documentary, fashion, celebrity and even portrait notoriety . It unravels the question of what is a portrait, and who creates it? The photographer? The sitter? The viewer? A 2-hour tour of portraits from the last 170 years - you ll never look at a portrait in the same way again.