People pictures fall into two categories: portraits and candid ... The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects.

Artist Guan Qingsheng from China uses a pencil, knife and a piece of wire to engineer life-like portraits of famous people on chicken eggs. The 62-year-old artist used to work as a designer at a ...

Bachrach Photography ... s glass-plate portraits depended on natural light, which he creatively exploited to bring out the best in his subjects. With his knack for coaxing people to relax in ...

"How I Photograph Myself," a retrospective of pin-up photographer Bunny Yeager's work ... a variety of self-portraits, and behind-the-scenes shots from years of photo shoots—will be featured ...