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Photographer and writer specialised in portraiture • Taking portraits | Talking portraits

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David Bowie's mugshot taken by police department, Rochester N.Y, in 1976
Fascination Law & Order25 August 201812 March 2021

Mugshot – the portrait offer you can’t refuse

There is definitely something morbid about our fascination with police mugshots – the outcome of what is easily the most uncomfortable of all portrait sessions.

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  • It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter
  • Portraits come with a ‘click’ – sometimes with a ‘clack’
  • Mugshot – the portrait offer you can’t refuse
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    Portrait photographer and videomaker | Manchester and London

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    Matt Thompson   |   by Rino Pucci   | Most Matt Thompson   |   by Rino Pucci   | Most of my actor clients are on Spotlight, a platform that connects performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions around the world. Casting professionals choose Spotlight to cast their projects because performers on Spotlight are recognised as the industry’s best. I offer headshot packages starting from £90, with a discount for student actors. Do get in touch for a free consultation! Portrait taken with Fujifilm GFX 50s + 63mm lens © Rino Pucci 2023 #headshot #portraitsociety #headshotphotographer #manchester #artportrait #portraitphotography
    Strong and striking yet neutral, solid main headsh Strong and striking yet neutral, solid main headshot from Manchester-based actress Esi Darmma. Esi commissioned me to take some headshots for her brand-new Spotlight profile. Most of my actor clients are on Spotlight, a platform that connects performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions around the world. Casting professionals choose Spotlight to cast their projects because performers on Spotlight are recognised as the industry’s best. I offer headshot packages starting from £90, with a discount for student actors. Do get in touch for a free consultation! Portrait taken in Manchester with Fujifilm GFX 50s + 63mm lens © Rino Pucci 2023 #headshot #portraitsociety #headshotphotographer #manchester #artportrait #portraitphotography
    “The lighter you are the more successful you are “The lighter you are the more successful you are”. "Bleached Out" is a short film written by Jasmine M Stewart and Jess Philogene which wants to create and reinforce awareness regarding skin bleaching – still a very prominent practice in black, brown and developing communities/ nations. Their crowdfunding campaign is now live on Indiegogo. I warmly encourage you to donate – please head to @bleachedoutfilm for more details.  It's such an important topic, and the writers' intention is to destigmatise the conversation in hopes of bringing light to what is a quiet epidemic. Jasmine – here in a portrait I took of her in London – is an actress, writer and voice over artist. Her credits include Line of Duty, Emmerdale, Casualty and Not Going Out, among others. In "Bleached Out", Jasmine will play Hortence Spencer – a queer black woman searching for belonging who aspires to be a successful journalist. Portrait taken in London with Fujifilm GFX 50s + 63mm lens © Rino Pucci 2023 #headshot #portraitsociety #headshotphotographer #manchester #artportrait #portraitphotography
    Manchester-based actress Béa González commission Manchester-based actress Béa González commissioned me to take two new headshots for her Spotlight profile. I love her strong and sophisticated look - ready to be featured in crime fiction set in 90s Germany. If you want to see a more girl-next-door look, just swipe left! Most of my actor clients are on Spotlight, a platform that connects performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions around the world. Casting professionals choose Spotlight to cast their projects because performers on Spotlight are recognised as the industry’s best. I offer headshot packages starting from £90, with a discount for student actors. Do get in touch for a free consultation! Portrait taken in Manchester with Fujifilm GFX 50s + 63mm lens © Rino Pucci 2023 #headshot #portraitsociety #headshotphotographer #manchester #artportrait #portraitphotography
    Headshot of actor and director 🎭 David Furlong, Headshot of actor and director 🎭 David Furlong, taken by Rino Pucci 📸 Rino writes 🖊️: The eyes, the eyes... it's all about the eyes! When it comes to headshots, this is a bit of a weary mantra that photographers and performers continue to kid themselves with. Yes, eyes need to be visible and well-lit. Yes, eyes should look into the camera. Yes, it would be nice if there is a catchlight glimmering in the eye... BUT what really counts is how engaged and alive the whole face looks! The eye is just a hook to draw someone's attention – one might say that the muscles controlling the sitter's facial expressions play an even bigger role. So it's all about the heart. Or the mind. Or the soul. Or the energy. It doesn't matter what you call this attitude, you need to have it – you need to engage with the photographer and, ultimately, engage with the audience. For example, take this headshot of the actor and director David Furlong – a versatile and very experienced stage, screen and street performer (and also the artistic director and producer at the Exchange Theatre in London). His eyes are only the "punctum" that captures your attention, but it's his overall expression that gives the portrait strength and meaning. Portrait taken in London with Fujifilm GFX 50s + 63mm lens © Rino Pucci 2023 #headshot #portraitsociety #headshotphotographer #manchester #artportrait #portraitphotography
    Who said that headshots need to be taken in the st Who said that headshots need to be taken in the studio, with artificial light? Of course, taking headshots in nature takes us photographers out of our comfort zone. The background is not always "right". The light might be just too harsh. Having passers-by around doesn't really help. And yet sometimes leaving the studio to go outdoors is a rewarding decision. It opens one's mind – and one's lungs. It allows one to create something different, within the "grammar" of the headshot. All you need to bring is a reflector. Headshot of Emilie Kasinga – taken in London with Fujifilm GFX 50s © Rino Pucci 2023 #headshot #portraitsociety #headshotphotographer #manchester #artportrait #portraitphotography
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