Portrait photography and photojournalism are two potentially intense and powerful art forms that don’t always get the recognition they deserve, so we thought we should show you some of the most powerful and diverse portraits of people around the world that we’ve ever seen.
Both the faces of the people in these photos and their contexts speak volumes about the people pictured and the worlds they live in. Some can be unimaginably and even horrifically different from ours, while other once-exotic worlds seem to grow closer and more interconnected with our own. Though they are only photos, looking into their eyes can still give us a feeling of connection.
If you have a powerful portrait that you think should be added to this collection, please don’t hesitate to add it and vote for your favorites as well.
“I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in”
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A boy rescues his sister from underneath the rubble of their home in Syria
Source: blogs.reuters.com
Toshimana, a Maiko in Kyoto, Japan
Yezidi girl carries an assault rifle to protect her family against ISIS
Source: imgur.com
Somayeh Mehri (29) and her daughter Rana Afghanipour (3) give each other a kiss. Since their disfigurement in an acid attack, they say, others don’t like to kiss them
Source: www.worldpressphoto.org
Girl that survived 11 days in Siberian Forest
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Blind albino students stand in a dorm at the Vivekananda Mission School in India
Source: www.worldpressphoto.org
Chubby black baby holding an albino baby
Siberian Family Street
Source: imgur.com
Boy from the Suri Tribe
Two women who were finally able to marry after 72 years together
A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia
A coal miner smokes a cigarette after finishing his shift at a coal mine on the outskirts of Changzhi
A girl holds a rifle as fighters of Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, gather in Gaza City
Rice Farmer in Small Villiage, Vietnam
An 18 year old IDF soldier pauses after a long run in full gear and battle paint
Tea time in Yamal, Russia
Source: 500px.com
Girl and Baobabs in Madagascar
Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com
Ethiopian girl from the Hamer tribe
Source: i.imgur.com
Brothers in Bagan
Source: 500px.com
A girl from the minority Yazidi sect rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border
Taking a break at Burning Man
Source: i.imgur.com
Shaolin monks training
Source: stevemccurry.com
Stilt Fishemen
Source: stevemccurry.com
Portrait Photographer
Source: stevemccurry.com
Geisha in subway
Source: stevemccurry.com
A girl covered in traditional body paint holds her puppy
Source: davidlazarphoto.com
Cuban woman smoking a cigar and holding a ring flash Canon MR14
Source: 500px.com
Happy couple In Thailand
Source: 500px.com
Chief of a village in Brazil
Source: davidlazarphoto.com
Boy from Sao Paulo
Source: davidlazarphoto.com
Rabari shepherd
Source: stevemccurry.com
A portrait of an old Burmese woman
