portrait
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"After we finished the shoot we took a portrait. I had these extensions in my hair, so it was this very long hair," Turlington said.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023
“I even leave my bag in the car sometimes. … I’m always stepping back and watching for that certain moment to occur. It’s not like a formal portrait. There’s got to be something else there.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022
He added, “I think it’s a fully realized portrait. No human being is one particular thing. We don’t do anything in ‘Winning Time’ that is disparaging, or at least that’s not the intent.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022
“It’s very hard to say why something works, why this is a beautiful portrait and this is not such a beautiful portrait. It’s not that the nose is funny, it’s something else going on.”
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2016
“Think of Old Timothy and Dr. Westminster. And Miss Mortimer and Agatha Swanburne, although I confess, I still cannot see a resemblance between them, at least judging from the portrait. And the Incorrigibles...and Lumawoo, too?”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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