group portraits

Multi-person formal pictures

Group portraits are paintings, photographs, or other images depicting multiple people together, typically posed formally.

The genre has roots in commissioned paintings of families, guilds, or civic bodies, where inclusion signified status or membership.

Modern group portraits range from formal corporate photos to casual family snapshots: The wedding photographer arranged everyone for the group portrait.

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number of subjects

group portraitsheadshot

Shoulders-up photograph

self-portrait · passport photo · mugshot

formality and posing

group portraitscandid photography

Unposed, natural image-making

street photography · photojournalism · documentary photography · action shots · snapshots

subject matter

group portraitslandscape photography

Capturing outdoor scenery images

still life · architectural photography · nature photography · abstract art · product photography

Family

group, portraits

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G