Hyperallergic

An Artist Goes Undercover at a JC Penney Portrait Studio

Art An Artist Goes Undercover at a JC Penney Portrait Studio Studio portraits do not document an event; the making of the photograph is the event. In order to create a series titled Free Sitting, ...

My family tried the awkward holiday photo shoot at JCPenney and loved it. The trend captured a new generation — see what it was like.

Inside the Ocean County Mall in Tom's River, New Jersey, marketing professional Brandon Van Houten, 26, and his girlfriend of ...
CNA Lifestyle

What’s it like getting your portrait taken by a Deaf photographer in a silent studio session?

Photographer Isabelle Lim will offer portrait sessions conducted entirely through non-verbal interaction at the Enabling ...
WPXI

Portrait studio abruptly closes its doors, leaving behind customers’ orders

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Paper now covers the front windows and door of national chain Portrait Innovations’ store in Cranberry Township, preventing anyone from seeing inside. A spokesperson with the ...
Los Angeles Times

Portrait studios suddenly close in Sears, some Wal-Marts

Portrait studios at Sears and some Wal-Mart stores — the scenes of innumerable family photos — have unexpectedly closed as their operator, CPI Corp., goes out of business. The portrait provider said ...
Hindustan Times

Studio photography: Portrait of a dying art

Bringing to light: These are hard times for photo studios in the city, owing to the snap-happy culture spawned by the advent of smartphones. Umesh Sabharwal, a portrait photographer, calls himself a ...