[Commlist] Call for Papers: Photographic Portrait: Convergences, Divergences, Reflections, and Thoughts (No. 16)

The *Call for papers for the Vista Journal* on Photographic Portrait: 
Convergences, Divergences, Reflections, and Thoughtsis open from January 
31 to May 2 , 2025

*Thematic Editors:*Helena Pires (Universidade do Minho, Portugal), 
Eduardo Camilo (Universidade da Beira Interior) and Florin Grigoraş 
(Universitatea Națională de Arte „George Enescu”, Romania)

The call for papers "Photographic Portrait: Convergences, Divergences, 
Reflections, and Thoughts"**seeks to gather works exploring the 
multifaceted theme of photographic portraiture. Contributions are 
welcome from a broad range of fields, including but not limited to the 
history of photography, the philosophy of art and photography, visual 
culture and photography studies, visual discourse and photography 
analysis, the semiotics of photography, photography technologies, 
ethnography and visual anthropology, the sociology of photography and 
visual communication, photographic image production technologies, and 
the rhetoric of (photographic) image.

The thematic lines include:(a) theories and philosophical questions of 
photographic portraits– for example, the concept of photogenic 
qualities; (b) the art of photographic portraiture– references, 
influences, aesthetic currents; (c) uses and effects of photographic 
portraits; (d) technologies for producing photographic portrait – 
analogue, digital, and smartphone photography; (e) photographic portrait 
practices– includingstudio portraits, family and vacation portraits, the 
photographic snapshots, the self-portraits; (f) cognitive psychology and 
perception theories– exploring how viewers perceive and interpret 
photographic portraits; (g)gender and queer studies– examining the role 
of photographic portraiture in constructing and deconstructing gender 
identities; (h)postcolonial studies– investigating intersection between 
photographic portraits and issues of identity, power, and representation 
in postcolonial contexts;(i) media studies— analysing the role of 
photographic portraits in digital media and online platforms; (j)memory 
studies— understanding the significance of photographic portraits in 
personal and collective memory; (k)ethics and representation theories— 
discussing ethical considerations in creating and displaying 
photographic portraits; (l)digital humanities— investigating how 
computational tools and methods can analyse photographic portraits; (m) 
marketing and advertising studies—analysing the use of photographic 
portraits in branding and identity creation; (n)legal studies— 
addressing copyright, privacy, and intellectual property issues in 
photographic portraiture; (o) critical race theories— investigating how 
photographic portraits engage with and represent racial identities and 
power structures; (p)portfolios— presentation of experiences and 
photographic works; (q) and other angles of analysis— as long as they 
are restricted to this object of study: the photographic portrait.

Considering the above, we propose the following topics for reflection:

  * To what extent can the photographic portrait be considered a genre
    with a singularity distinct from the pictorial portrait?
  * What specific characteristics do photographic portraits exhibit in
    contemporary times? What changes have photographic portraits
    undergone as a result of being produced by capture technologies
    directly linked to social networks (smartphones)?
  * What foundational principles can be identified in photographic
    portraits? Could there be an "aesthetic" rooted in their primordial
    pictorial kinship (Oscar Rejlander, Lady Awerden, Nadar)? A
    commercial basis, emerging from the "photographic industrialisation"
    evident in the studio portrait and the historical /carte de visite/
    (Disderi)? A ritualistic function of celebration and remembrance
    akin to the portraits in photo albums? A social foundation tied to
    practices of identity, identification and social conformity? Or even
    an autobiographical foundation reflected in the everyday practices
    of subjective representation and publication on social networks
    (selfies)?
  * What can be inferred about the status of photographic portraits
    within the consumer society of leisure and travel (holidays)?
  * Is it possible to identify photographers whose portrait production
    is (still) original, critical and reflective, such as the works of
    artists like Ralph Eugene Martyard or Cindy Sherman?

*IMPORTANT DATES*
*Submission (full manuscript):* from January 31, 2025, to May 2, 2025
*Journal publication date:* continuous edition (July 2025 to December 2025)

*LANGUAGE*
The manuscripts may be submitted in English or Portuguese. Papers 
selected for publication will be translated into Portuguese or English 
and must be published in both languages.

*EDITING AND SUBMISSION*
/Vista/ is an open-access academic journal following demanding 
peer-review standards based on a double-blind review process. After 
submission, the papers will be forwarded to two reviewers, previously 
invited to evaluate them according to their academic quality, 
originality, and relevance to the journal's objectives and scope.

Originals must be submitted through the journal's website 
(https://revistavista.pt/ <https://revistavista.pt/>). If you are 
accessing /Vista/ for the first time, you must register before 
submitting your article (instructions for registration here 
<https://revistavista.pt/index.php/vista/user/register>).

The guidelines for authors are available here 
<https://revistavista.pt/index.php/vista/about/submissions>.

For further information, please contact: (vista /at/ ics.uminho.pt) 
<mailto:(vista /at/ ics.uminho.pt)>

No payment from the authors will be required

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