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I think I can see your Vermeer point. Can there really be anything new under the sun?
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But if you ask me what a portrait painter should portray in order to achieve success in his works, I'd say he must make a mix of the three main ingredients: the way he sees his subject, the way his subject wants to be seen, and the very truth. No photo, no camera, no lens but only an artist can show that.
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From this that I wrote above, we seem to be in close agreement here:
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I do think the really great artists are / were able to pull off both simultaneously: telling the individuals story while expressing their own vision at the same time. No small matter.
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Regarding "the very truth" ... for me truth is seldom an absolute value. I think that there are some truths that can be told absolutely, but these are rare indeed. I will allow you your truth if you will allow me mine.
The last thing I would hope for in this discussion on composition would be to bring in people's opinions on photography.
And speaking of Johannes Vermeer ...