James trawls through images from the National Archives of Singapore to bring us a reflection of photography, portraits and photo studios of the past.
He writes:
Portrait photography or portraiture is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people (a group portrait), in which the face and expression is predominant. In those days, the photos were commonly developed in black and white.
The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is the person’s face, although the entire body and the background may be included. A portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the camera. Storytelling photography conveys emotion, mood and ideas in which expressions are captured and the person will not need to be looking directly into camera.
You can read about it at Ways Done in the Past – Portrait Photography.
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