Quite different because of the consciousness of the camera, Nelson Burack's portraits documenting the aged in many nations convey the power one would expect from the theme.

His grasp of spatial relationships ensures that each portrait, however sparely drawn, conveys the sitter's presence.

Their contrasting looks (blond, brunette) and expressions (open, calculating) suggest an old-fashioned allegorical portrait, yet their nakedness and touching knees convey intimacy and recall childhood closeness.

Her work specialises in character studies and well-lit portraits conveying a sense of intimacy.

His portraits, frequently taken without his subjects' awareness while traveling through the streets or riding the city's subways, convey the dignity of their lives as lived in public places.

His images of death and destruction and his poignant portraits of mud-splattered young American soldiers in Korea and Vietnam conveyed the horror of war to those back home.

His portraits convey pretty much the same message, after all.

This equestrian portrait (by Franz Casanova) conveys Peter's commitment to Russian military might and also the costume and manners of the west.

A 14th-century portrait of Emperor Saga (786-842), for example, conveys an air of unearthly grandeur.

In "The Living," two adjacent black-and-white portraits of older firefighters, their faces stoic beneath leather helmets, convey a sense of quiet perseverance.