40th birthday photos

Josieann

A bit of digging in Art journals reveals 19th century photographer Julia Margaret Cameron who apparently Catherine studied as a specialist subject while at University. Some of her photography hangs in the V & A museum. There seems to be some likeness in the chosen style and poses, (though I haven't a clue who the people are in the portraits).

there is a wikipedia page here

You are right, they are very similar poses

Kate's nod to royal history: Duchess of Cambridge's regal black-and-white birthday shot channelled Cecil Beaton's classic portraits of the Queen, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10386015/Kate-Middletons-birthday-portrait-inspired-Cecil-Beaton.html

mummer
you are a professional photographer then I assume!

Doesn't look like her at all - much to fat in the face.

The woman is a size 6 - 8 and she's looking much too fat in the face! Give me strength!

She’s beautiful and well done Kate for being an upstanding royal. She’s always smiling and doing her ‘job’ well.

Nobody is saying Catherine is anything but beautiful , but these photos are not what she looks like , it’s the pictures I don’t like , not the person

I didn't recognise
Catherine immediately .

I thought that it was you -Josie !

She is classically beautiful, but I prefer the more natural shots that we see when she's working .

Esmay

I didn't recognise
Catherine immediately .

I thought that it was you -Josie !

She is classically beautiful, but I prefer the more natural shots that we see when she's working .

Well, I'll let you into a secret Esmay.
I purposely omitted Catherine's name from both the title of the thread and the opening post to see the reaction, (nothing to do with passing them off for me!) To be honest I had to look at the pictures twice to see the likeness, but I still think they are nice photos.

She doesn’t look like herself…I am not mad on them

IMO the photos are awful and don't look like her at all.

https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202201/medium-744128-56769c62-7b65-467c-a396-597182f79c53.jpeg https://www.gransnet.com/uploads/talk/202201/medium-930481-7da6a42a-fc52-4f50-b838-a963078d342b.jpeg

Like Catherine, I studied Art History at University.
My own dissertation was on the female portraiture of Sir Joshua Reynolds; so for my 50th birthday portraits, which will be revealed next week, expect something along the lines of these

Fanny
I think the point is that Catherine's portraits are going to be hung in the National Portrait Gallery alongside those of other stuffy female royals. Maybe she succeeded in remaining within the brief, but with a 21st century twist?

Are you going to get your Dad to take them Fanny and then have them airbrushed and published in The Times?

FannyCornforth

Like Catherine, I studied Art History at University.
My own dissertation was on the female portraiture of Sir Joshua Reynolds; so for my 50th birthday portraits, which will be revealed next week, expect something along the lines of these

He had a pub, FannyC and we used to go there sometimes.
Good old Sir Josh

She looks good for 40. But she's very thin looking at her neck and arms.

I do not like these photos, very airbrushed and artificial looking
But the subject might like them so that's alright