Portraiture Definition

Portraiture is the photography or art of taking a picture of ones face where their facial expression is shown.

I have chosen this image to represent portraiture since the persons facial expression is shown and easily identifiable.

This portrait meets our expectations of a political or war hero since the masculine lighting of this portraiture demonstrates powerful body language and facial expressions. His clothing also indicates a formal position of work, in this case being a politician. 

This photograph taken by Amanda Lepore has feminine lighting which demonstrates the comfort of the person in the photograph. The personality indicated could be narcissistic or a sassiness from the overuse of makeup.