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Image Collection: 25 Portraits on EyeEm That Blow Us Away

By Maddie - 6 min read

Through these curated image collections, we want to inspire you to improve your photography and create moving and captivating photos.

Thousands and thousands of beautiful images are uploaded to EyeEm each week. We carefully go through them to find the photographs that touch our hearts. Through these curated image collections, we want to inspire you to improve your photography and create moving and captivating photos.

As iconic photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt explained, “It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”

So what makes an intriguing portrait?

Portraiture is about you and the relationship to your model. Don’t be afraid to get in close. Wait for one moment and then snap. Capture the essence of that person. How many shots of yourself do you like, where you think the image really captures who you are?

Taking great portraits isn’t easy. But once you have captured someone at the right moment, you realize how special that image is – a feeling that often lasts for many years.

Tips for taking poignant portraits:

To see more charming faces, check out these albums: portrait Color Portrait Portrait of a Woman

streetphoto_color The EyeEm Facebook Cover Challenge portrait Beautiful by silvision on EyeEm

ilgenio barcinesi vscocam EyeEm Best Shots by Tenebrogg on EyeEm

The Path Less Traveled by Pointer Footwear Color Portrait Spring is coming (with a strawberry in the mouth) Enjoy the silence by daFred on EyeEm

people Getting married portrait Color Portrait by Dinko Darlinn on EyeEm

portrait by tylergrae on EyeEm

Anya Martirosov on EyeEm

EyeEm Masterclass street photography Don filter vscocam by Enrica Brescia on EyeEm

portrait real people Family Matters by Ramzi Rizk on EyeEm

Self portrait shot with a Sony Alpha A7 self portrait portrait VSCO sony by Josh Souza on EyeEm

doppelte Belichtung Check this out Around the world by Lufthansa Dream by Katharina on EyeEm