Environmental Portraiture Project

1. Environmental Portraits
Use the 'environment' to explain the reason for the person in the
photograph.

2. "Artists on Location”
An environmental portrait project focused on local
artists and creatives. This collaborative effort
introduces artists in their own work or home
environment to portray them in a specially honest and
natural way.
Master Woodworker

3. Home or Workplace

4. Introduce subject (the person) in their own work or home
environment to portray them in a specially honest and
natural way.

5. In their natural surroundings, you will be able to better illuminate
their CHARACTER, and therefore portray the ESSENCE OF
THEIR PERSONALITY, rather than merely a likeness of their
physical features.
Photo by Gary Joseph Cohen

6. In their natural surroundings, the subject will be
more at ease, and so be more conducive to
expressing themselves, as opposed to in a studio,
which can be a rather intimidating and artificial
experience

7. “Examining the conversation between person and
place.”
-Gary Cohen

8. Classic & Eye Contact with the
viewer.
Ezra Stoller, New Lebanon, New York, 2003
American architectural photographer

9. Robert Novak

10. Ways to feature person (choose
1):Job
1.
2. Interests/Hobbies

11. Todd Eberle
Julius Shulman, Photographer, Palm Springs, California,
2003

12. Lighting, Drama and
Candid

13. Don’t Forget….Capture the person’s personality….the everyday
"Little" Jimmy Scott, Newark, New Jersey, 1997 jazz vocalist

14. Power in numbers?
Darwin Deason, Katerina Panos & Crew, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2004
Founded Affiliated Computer Services Inc.

15. Nigel Parry
Mariano Rivera
Capturing actions to portray person

16. Illuminates the subject's life and
surroundings.

17. What about everyday people?
The tattoo artist The florist

18. The Fire Fighter The Chicken Farmer

19. The Fisherman
The Coach

20. Now, who will you photograph?
Think of someone that maybe you admire and would like
to capture them in their working environment.
Friend, Teacher, Coach, Relative, Family Friend?
Maybe someone you have never talked to? Step outside
your comfort zone.
For Monday:
1. Brainstorm 5 people you could feature
2. How will you photograph them? Make a list of:
-5 settings
-5 actions or poses
3. Find 5 examples of other environmental portraits that you like and
would like to try a similar style.
-Save photos in a folder on your computer.