Portrait V Portraiture

[Soozie B]

Hello there oh wise ones of the photography world. Is there a difference to these two terminologies?

[jcuknz]

I would say that a portrait is the result of your portraiture efforts.

[Mike Buckley]

At the risk of erroneously being placed in the collection of wise ones, I agree that portraiture is the act of making portraits. Portrait can also be an adjective, as in portrait artist.

[Donald]

I would say, in the same vein as my learned colleagues above, that:

• A portrait is the product of your efforts; i.e. the image
• Portraiture is the approach, process adopted in the making of the image.

Now must go off and do Google searches to see how close I am to what others have said

[kdoc856]

http://arthistory.about.com/od/gloss...ortraiture.htm

[Glenn NK]

Let's confuse the issue more:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/portraiture

in which the word portraiture can be a noun (the portrait).

Perhaps we shouldn't worry too much about it; so many on forums interchange the words "you're/your" and "then/than".

Glenn

[Mike Buckley]

That's really interesting, Glenn. I never knew portraiture and portrait were used synonymously.

[Soozie B]

Thanks guys, this has helped me understand the terms used and how they are applied.

[Suede]

The use of "portrait" and "portraiture" aside, we surely cannot get away with confusing the words "you're" and "your" or "then" and "than" to mean the same regardless of how many forums "interchange" them.

[Soozie B]

I must admit that is a pet hate of mine Suede.

[Glenn NK]

The use of "portrait" and "portraiture" aside, we surely cannot get away with confusing the words "you're" and "your" or "then" and "than" to mean the same regardless of how many forums "interchange" them.

If I had been counting the number of times I've seen these, you would be surprised - I was.

Glenn

[xpatUSA]

At the risk of erroneously being placed in the collection of wise ones, I agree that portraiture is the act of making portraits. Portrait can also be an adjective, as in portrait artist.

Only in America . . (sorry Mike, couldn't resist)

"wherefore art thou, hyphen?" (sorry Shakespeare).

Fasten your seat-belts . .