The Japan Society show gives us a different approach through portraits of some of the personalities, real or fantastic, who generated such energy to begin with.

Her current photography project is Distant Relations, which explores, through landscapes, interiors, and environmental portraits, her family's diaspora.

In about 1863, Tissot suddenly shifted his focus from the medieval style to the depiction of modern life through portraits.

He tells his tale through portraits of three lives.

Warner is credited with popularizing the bas relief, through numerous portraits in this style.

Basil handed him a flatscreen, on which an image dissolved through several different candid portraits, some solemn, some staring off into the distance.

In this production he is not only felt but also visible through portraits posted on the set.

He had supported himself largely through portraits.

He explored the tensions created by sexuality, race and culture through stylised portraits and compositions.

The heads appear to represent places and times through portraits, which refer to both the mythological and the actual.