What Makes a Portrait Endure..

Most portraits are created to work in the moment. They suit a platform, a phase, or a particular point in time — and then quietly fall away.

But some portraits endure. They remain relevant long after the context has changed, not because they were styled to be timeless, but because they were accurate.

What makes a portrait last has less to do with trends or technique, and more to do with representation — how clearly an image reflects who a person actually is. When that alignment is right, the image becomes immediately legible and easy to stand by over time.

That is the difference between a portrait that works — and one that endures.