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Ilaria, is there any way you could provide a link to this essay, or do you remember the name of it so I can google it? I've been googling Antonia Byatt and portrait and photography but I'm not having much luck.
This topic is something I think of often, and I'd be interested in seeing what others think. I agree with Ilaria that they are completely different things, but unfortunately not necessarily in the minds of potential clients. I have told people that photography is about an instant in time, and even the best photographer cannot capture the timelessness, depth and complexity of a personality the way a skilled artist can. Plus there is something more in a painted portrait more akin to a conversation between the artist and the subject.
Not knocking photography at all! I am a fan of it and I have some friends who are incredibly skilled photographers and who make beautiful work, but it is a different thing than painting. That's the best I've been able to verbalize it.
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