Other showcases contain vintage stills showing photographers at work, in the act of taking portrait sittings, giving a further and exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into just how these dreams of perfection were created.

Highly sought after as society photographers, Inez and Vinoodh have captured definitive portrait sittings with many of many of the key figures of film and celebrity.

Sargent took up residence in the White House in the winter of 1903 for portrait sittings, but soon drove the president to distraction by chasing him around trying to decide on the right pose.

For nearly twenty years he arranged portrait sittings with leaders in the movement, with the help and advice of Dr. Benjamin Mays, mentor and friend of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Some traditional senior portrait sittings include a cap and gown and other changes of clothing, portrait styles and poses.

All team members used SJSU campus housing and dining facilities during at least two days of document checks, health exams, cultural briefings, portrait sittings, uniform fittings and last-minute workout sessions.

Photography was expected to be a handmaiden to art, and artists used it heavily in place of models, portrait sittings and trips into the field, though for most of the last century no one admitted it.

Whale asks his new gardener, an ex-Marine named Clayton Boone, to come to his studio for some portrait sittings.

Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King discovered Karsh and arranged introductions with visiting dignitaries for portrait sittings.

When asked about his most memorable portrait sittings, he listed Theodore Roosevelt as his most difficult subject.