A portrait intent is to display a personality. Usually, the face and its expression are predominant. But what if the subject is turned away from us. We can't see her face, we don't know how she looks. Maybe something is wrong with her, maybe she is ugly, or maybe she is sad and she doesn't want to be photographed. We don't know that we can only assume what this faceless portrait is trying to tell us.
Would you recognize her on the street?
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A portrait as an act of empathy - a facing back portrait gives me a sense of empathy: "I see what you see" and it drifts my mind into the beautifully horizon...
Love it.
"I see what you see" I like that. It makes me think about this photo differently.
Good observation. But perhaps a portrait is not meant to portray the subject itself, but rather the meaning behind the subject. After all, photography is an art, and not merely a from of documentation.
I agree with you a photography is art. In art everything is possible, so a faceless portrait isn't that special. But if we look at this photo from a everyday perspective, does a portrait need a face?
Well, the way I see it, a face is what we used to remember things by and identify them later. If a picture is used to convey a meaning or a story which words cannot express, is it really necessary to give it a face?
Of course, the woman might need one. However, the woman is not the picture, but merely a part of it, don't you think?
That is true. If we want to call this picture a portrait, it should probably have a face. But if we call it a faceless portrait that it's ok :) Because it's an artistic expression.
True. Art is, in the end, open to the interpretation of the artist and the observer. That is what separates it from what is concrete. Perhaps the answer to your question lies in the eyes of the beholder. Just like the beauty of the girl in the picture.