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portraiture

[pawr-tri-cher, pohr-] / ˈpɔr trɪ tʃər, ˈpoʊr- /




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There is a lot to love in Jane Austen: The wit, the gentility, the portraiture, the sly social observation, the romance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I’m a portrait photographer at heart, and portraiture is my first love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Their artistic collaboration is considered one of the celebrated triumphs of 20th century portraiture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

In these stacked blocks of portraiture, Annie stared at the camera, unchanged from frame to frame.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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