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Portraiture emerged as one of the most prominent genres of depictive media early in the history of the visual arts; tacit or explicit rules, conventions and cultural expectations have always influenced the ways in which artists approached the genre. Photography is no exception. Numerous different and characteristic styles of portraiture emerged throughout the history of the medium. We usually assume that faces are necessary components of portraiture; we may, however, learn just as much about the character, the personality of a person by looking at images that depict other parts of their bodies, show us the objects or places associated with them. Not focusing on the face may open up a new dimension of interpretation. Our Portraits Beyond Faces exhibition is dedicated to this challenging divergence from the more conventional approaches to the genre.

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Curator's choice

John Potter: Altered

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Honourable mentions

Darina Dorogan (author) and Oleksandr Zinevych (photographer): His Only Companion, from the series ''Stolen Life"

Diane Fenster: Veiled Feet, from the series 'Shiva: for Ella Ruth'

Emese Ori: Mese​​

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Exhibiting photographers

 

Henry Banger Benvenuti (Toronto, Canada), Brigitte B Burckhardt (Vevey, Switzerland), Brian Cann (Waldenbuch, Germany), Jeff Corwin (Montana, USA), Darina Dorogan (Kyiv, Ukraine), Tatum Edge (Baker, FL, USA), Mike Eubanks (Fallston, MD, USA), Diane Fenster (Pacifica, CA, USA), Janelle Freiman (La Jolla, CA, USA), Sari Fried-Fiori (Katy, TX, USA), László Gálos (Salgótarján, Hungary), Betty Goh (Singapore), Susanna Hagström (Stockholm, Sweden), Kylo-Patrick Hart (Aledo, TX, USA), Denise Heinrich-Lane (Sète, France), Margrieta Jeltema (Bolsena, Italy), John Kosmer (Fly Creek, NY, USA), Claudia La (Vienna, Austria), Andrea London (New York, NY, USA), Richard Luxton (Bristol, UK), Robert Morrissey (Portland, OR, USA), Nancy Oliveri (Estero Island, USA), Emese Ori (Chicago, IL, USA), John Potter (Ryan, IA, USA), Philip Ringler (Orlando, FL, USA), Russ Rowland (New York, NY, USA), Karen Safer (Playa del Rey, CA, USA), Zsuzsanna Sárközi (Pázmánd, Hungary), James Saxon (Hayward, CA, USA), Erzsébet Judit Szabó (Budapest, Hungary), Zoltán Vadászi (Budapest, Hungary), Ingrid-Nathalie Wizun (Montreuil, France), Rainer Würth (El Llano / Quíros, Spain), Tetsuya Yuno (Tokyo, Japan), Oleksandr Zinevych (Kyiv, Ukraine)

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