Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait picture might be artistic, or it might be clinical, as part of a medical study. Frequently, portraits are commissioned for special occasions, such as weddings or school events. Portraits can serve many purposes, from usage on a personal Web site to display in the lobby of a business. - Wikipedia
What are Self-Portraits?
Is it possible to distinguish between the object depicted in a painting and the artist's way of seeing? The medium of painting, unlike photography, does not necessarily abide by the laws of reality. The artist is free to represent anything his or her mind can imagine. Photography, in contrast, is constrained to the laws of physics when it comes to what it's possible to depict.
What's the difference between a painting and a self-portrait? How is a self-portrait different from a selfie? Art historians have sought to answer these and other such questions by locating the boundaries of the media. Defining the differences between media aids in distinguishing formal practices and stylistic tendencies. For example, a photographic self-portrait will likely convey a realistic representation of the artist, as opposed to a painting that allows for a broader interpretation of the artist's way of seeing, which can be conveyed by way of pictorial expressionism.
While a portrait refers to any painting that depicts a human figure, a self-portrait refers to a painting that depicts the artist that produced it. Self-portraiture, whether produced in the medium of painting or of photography, is its own distinct genre of art, like that of the landscape or the still life. That is, the common features of all self-portraits unify the genre in content and means of expression.
Here's some Self-portrait Photography by Sheikh Hridoy
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