This week ^Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there.

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People and Portraits

Photographs of people, including portraits and photographs depicting human nature and emotion.


People and Portraits is one of the larger photography galleries. There are fifteen sub categories within the People and Portraits gallery, so this article will be one of the longer ones

Sub-Categories

Artistic Nude

High quality fine art photography that makes use of a nude or partially nude human subject.

Mature Content

Body Art

Photographs of body art (tattoos, modifications, body-painting etc). Images of body art done by the submitting artist should be submitted into the appropriate Traditional Art -> Body Art gallery
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Classic Portraits

Photographs of people depicted in a manner that uses most of the rules developed by painters for classical portraits.

Cosplay

Photography of people dressed in costumes representing characters.

_{Cosplay DD suggestions should be sent to pullingcandy}

Emotive Portraits

Photographs of people showing an artistic insight into either the subject's or the photographer's life and personality.

Expressive

Expressive photographs that use the human form or face to communicate an idea, emotion or concept.
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Fashion Portraits

Photographs where the focus of the image is on the clothing style rather than on the model.
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_{Fashion DD suggestions should be sent to Pixel-Spotlight}

Fetish Portraits

Artistic portraiture centered around a theme of sexual desire and sexuality as well as alternative lifestyles.
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_{Fetish DD suggestions should be sent to Nyx-Valentine}

Glamour Portraits

Photographs of models with highly stylised clothes, makeup or hair. Emphasis on appearance and heavily influenced by Hollywood style icons; Marilyn Monroe, James Dean etc

_{Glamour DD suggestions should be sent to DistortedSmile}

Infants and Children

Artistic photographs depicting infants and children.

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous photographs of people.
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Pin-Up

Retro styled pin-up photography. Strongly affiliated with 1940's/50's style, hair and fashions. Emphasis on the art of tease and suggestion.

_{Pin-Up DD suggestions should be sent to DistortedSmile}

Self Portraits

Artistic photographs that use the photographer as the model.
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Spontaneous Portraits

Photographs of spontaneous portraits of people that, while not posed, demonstrate an artful rendering of a well captured moment.

Weddings

Photography depicting activities related to weddings.

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