Figure photography

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Portrait of beautiful naked senior female smiling at camera against grey background. Old woman smiling with hands on mouth with copy space.

The National Portrait Gallery has announced that Claudio Rasano has won first place in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2016. The Swiss-Italian photographer was awarded the respected accolade, and £15,000 prize, for his portrait of 18-year-old Johannesburg school boy Katlehong Matsenen.

A good rule of thumb for posting anything online is to never post anything when you’re mad, something you wouldn’t say in front of your grandmother, and any photo that looks… questionable. But sometimes people don’t give the photo the extra three seconds it needs for them to figure out if they should post it or not and we get these gems.

Ballet Beautiful - Evgenia Obraztsova and Artemy Belyakov in Romeo and Juliet. Bolshoi Theatre Photography: Fatima Okhtova "Dance like no one is watching. Sing li

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Francisco Estévez Photography on Instagram: “Excited to revisit this series this weekend with @nandaonflat! Here is @buchananmo from 2017 • Body Paint by @tracyannejones…”

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Few names evoke beauty and Hollywood glamour quite like Marilyn Monroe. Arguably one of the most famous Americans in modern history, she captured hearts and imaginations around the world through the memorable characters she portrayed on the silver screen. ~ Photography, Fine Art, Celebrity Icon Portrait Photography, Art