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The article focuses on the increasing popularity of portraits representing high school seniors, that take on an edgy, editorial and very personal look, in the U.S. as of 2010. It is noted that senior-portrait work currently accounts for between 20% and 45% of the business of some wedding and portrait photographers. Factors that need to be considered by photographers when working with teenagers are cited, including listening to their ideas. Among those that contribute to what seniors want from their portraits are trends in music videos and fashion.

The article features the winner and honorable mention in the 2007 Images of the Year photography competition wedding and portrait category in the U.S. A series of photographs taken by New York-based photographer Ted Sabarese won the competition. The photograph of a bride was cited honorable mention.

Presents information on several portraits of U.S. soldiers wounded in the war in Iraq, taken by photojournalist Nina Berman. Profile of U.S. army ranger Jeremy Feldbusch; Information on Alan Jermaine Lewis, a soldier who lost both legs when his Humvee hit a land mine in a Baghdad, Iraq neighborhood; Camera she used to shoot Alex Pressman, a marine injured by a landmine outside of Baghdad.

Profiles Platon, a New York City-based photographer. Controversy over the portrait he took of U.S. President Bill Clinton in 2000; Description of his technique in taking pictures; Events which led him to discover his own style of portraiture. INSET: PLATON ON PORTRAITURE.

The article highlights the 2007 Images of the Year Competition held in the U.S. Countries participating in the contest include the Philippines, Sweden and South Africa. Categories in it are photojournalism, advertising, personal work and wedding and portrait. Judges consist of Anthony Bannon, director of the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York and William Hunt, co-director of the Hasted Hunt Gallery in New York City.

The article reports on the fantastical man-beast portraits by Daniel Lee in the U.S. Lee shares that he changes the eyeball from a human eyeball to an animal eyeball and remove the eyebrows to make the nose of its beast broader. He finds people born in each of the 12 signs in Chinese zodiac. He uses Adobe Photoshop to make the changes on his photographs. His portraits are intuitive renditions in which he uses his imagination to make uncanny and strangely believable transformations.

The article focuses on the life and contribution of Jimmy de Sana in American photography. De Sana, who was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, started taking photographs of sexual subjects when he was in his teens as influenced by the writing of William Burroughs. In the late 1960s, he started photographing Debbie Harry, Billy Idol and Talking Heads which set the style for the punk music scene.

The article focuses on Brooklyn, New York City-born photographer Valery Rizzo, member of the "American Photo" Creative Showcase group of the Web site Flickr, whose work is dedicated to a photographic portrait of the borough she still calls home, shot with Holga and Woca plastic cameras.

The article profiles photographer Karen Kuehn. She was included in the most in-demand editorial photographers in the 1990s. Kuehn has been recently working for a number of commercial clients such as the portraits of New Mexico artists. She attended the Art Center School of Design in Pasadena, California before doing an internship at "National Geographic."

Provides information on the portrait of U.S. Senator John McCain taken by New York City-based photographer Platon. Experience of Platon with McCain during the shoot; Politician and celebrity portrait included in Platon's book "Platon's Republic".

The article focuses on the works and success of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, a notable photographer in the U.S. Greenfield-Sanders is renowned for his grave and nuance portraits. He works for various notable publications including "Vogue," "GQ," "Mirabella" and "New York Times Magazine." He likes to photograph such as John Malkovich and Oprah Winfrey. He is also recognized as one of the photography's most significant contemporary portraitists.

The article focuses on the contribution of Daniel Boudinet in American photography. Boudinet does not show love, affectedness or sensuality in his works but instead always kept feelings at a distance. In his portraits, there is no decoration as he avoided detail that would distract the attention or any stylistic effect. He has created several books and collaborated with magazines and took part in shows in various countries.

The article focuses on the life and contribution of Norman Eales in American photography. Eales for over 20 years had worked in various fashion magazines such as "Queen," "Vogue" and many others. He was born in the East End in 1937 and practiced in a commercial studio in 1953. His first worked was with "Vogue" in 1964 and he was able to work with models Twiggy and Jacqueline Bisset. For him, the good looks of John Kelly was the personification of the American Dream.

The article focuses on the life and contribution of Way Brandy in American photography. Bandy was one big talent in the field of photography who knew how to look good and has a super style. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1941. Bandy has been modeling for department stores, painting portraits and teaching high school English. He soon became one of the fashion world's highest-paid and best-known makeup artists.

The article focuses on the life and contribution of Antonio Lopez in American photography. Lopez has been referred by fashion designer Norma Kamali as the John Singer Sargent of their times. He redefined the craft of fashion illustration and improve it to the level of social portrayal. Lopez, aside from creating the next big thing in fashion, he was a master of discovering models like Jerry Hall, Jessica Lange and many more.

The article provides information on two exhibitions "Through the Looking Glass" and "Camera Portraits: Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1939-1989" to be held in the U.S. It states that the former exhibition will feature two photographers, Gloria DeFilipps Brush and Sharon Anglin Kuhne on January 4 to February 8, 1991. Moreover, it mentions that the latter exhibition will focus on two master portraitists, Arnold Newman and Julia Margaret Cameron.

The article presents notes for collectors concerning the market for photographer Robert Mapplethorpe prints in the U.S. It states that the auction houses turned down several prints after lax spring sales. Moreover, an auction house insider stresses that prices for less interesting portraits and images have eroded.

The article offers news briefs related to arts and motion picture in the U.S. Television writer David Cohen begins directing his latest film epic "The Circle of Life" in January 1991. The Zoli agency dubs model Beverly Peele its brightest prospect. Artist Edward Weston's portrait "Breast" was sold for $66,000.

The article focuses on the published book of Robert Mapplethorpe titled "Some Women" in the U.S. According to the article, the portraits of the entertainers and culture mavens remind people that the artist took more conventional pictures than the current controversy over his homoerotic images. Moreover, the luminous images featured in "Some Women" are a timely reminder that those rights and the art they foster are well worth protecting.