Where good journalists try to portray subjects as they are, recent pop-star photographs paint their subjects as they aren't.

As a portrait painter in the grand manner, Sargent had unmatched success; he portrayed subjects who were at once ennobled and often possessed of nervous energy.

De Taeye introduced him to books that influenced his desire to portray Merovingian subjects early in his career.

The result, "The Charged Image," was intended to "create a dialogue for discussion" about how artists portray the body and sexual subjects, she said.

Original oil paintings portraying distinctly masculine subjects covered the walls.

Postage stamps have portrayed Adventist subjects.

In discussing trials of relationships, it portrays personal subjects as epic tales of battle and salvation.

Increasingly, magazine photographers are working in a style called modern realism, meaning they portray subjects with a sullen, disaffected or caught-off-guard look.

In these statues the artist ventured on a new path in religious sculpture, portraying typical American subjects.

Its exponents used flowing lines and diffused, misty colors to portray historical and metaphysical subjects.