page_title: Headshot
hierarchical_section_title: Headshot
caption_attribution_description: Español: Book 2013English: Image from the "book" of Argentine actor Pablo Scorcelli. This is a "head shot", provided by actors when petitioning for acting parts. Their "book" is the set of images provided to the potential employer. This is a particularly good one at the Commons, as almost all professional head shots are under copyright with the actor. This one was released by the actor himself.
context_page_description: A headshot is a photograph of a person's face. It is a form of portraiture. The purpose of a headshot is to show the subject's personality, or character. Headshots are used in the modelling and acting businesses and is vital to the careers of many business and sales executives who use them on business cards, company web sites and social media sites like LinkedIn. Most actors have a headshot that they will provide to employers.
  Headshots are a separate specialty career path branch for several photographers who make or have made careers in this kind of photography. Examples include Yousuf Karsh, Yucel Yalim and Peter Hurley.
context_section_description: A headshot (or head shot) is a photograph of a person's face. It is a form of portraiture. The purpose of a headshot is to show the subject's personality, or character. Headshots are used in the modelling and acting businesses and is vital to the careers of many business and sales executives who use them on business cards, company web sites and social media sites like LinkedIn. Most actors have a headshot that they will provide to employers.
  Headshots are a separate specialty career path branch for several photographers who make or have made careers in this kind of photography. Examples include Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), Yucel Yalim (1958) and Peter Hurley.
caption: Head shot of an actor from Argentina.
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