Introduction

What formats of portrait image are represented in these images? Identify them according to what you see of the sitter in each image: do you see her full face? Do you see her profile? Do you see something in between? Are there any images that don’t fit this scheme conventionally used to identify the format of portrait images?

How do the various formats represented in these images and the angles from which they have been photographed affect the way you look at the sitters? How do their faces engage with you? Do you see their eyes looking at you? How do you react to these images?