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  • What do you think makes a portrait interesting?

  • How do the titles of these photographs make you think differently about the people they portray?

  • Some of these images are made spontaneously while others are carefully staged by the artist. How does this difference in approach affect your response?






Seydou Keïta, Untitled, ca. 1955-98. Gelatin silver print, 19 3/4 x 23 7/8 inches (50.2 x 60.6 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Gift, The Bohen Foundation 2001.158