#8 “My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” ~Richard Avedon.
I think that portraits can be more about either the subject or the photographer. If they are more about the subject, then they are the ones who would control more of the shoot. They would make decisions about the photographs and it would reflect what they wanted to say. However, I think it is often more about the photographer because they choose how they want to represent the subject. They choose all the elements of the photograph and the message it will have. Portraits typically do not represent everything about a person; they represent one or a couple of things about a person. The photographer is usually the one who chooses what it is about a person they want to display.
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