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Face-to-Face is the National Portrait Gallery's blog, dedicated to art, history, and the telling of American lives.

People standing in a line

Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait

November 18, 2016

Black and white illustration of American Indian man wearing a fanciful style of dress that is neither Anglo-American nor American Indian, but rather a hodgepodge reflecting intercultural exchange

Thayendanegea / Joseph Brant: Two Names, Two Identities

November 10, 2016

A woman in three-quarter view crossing her arms and looking straight into the camera

Remembering Janet Reno

November 8, 2016

Print of man in a circle with red curtains and an eagle

Two Historic Elections—One Controversial, the Other Nasty

November 8, 2016

Black and white photo of a man buried under a rock and staring at the camera

IDENTIFY: Sheldon Scott

November 4, 2016

Black and white photo of man in three quarter view looking at the camera

Testing the Law: Minoru Yasui’s Centenary

October 26, 2016

Silhouette of women dancing against a yellow wall with a portrait on it

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Presents "Margin"

October 25, 2016

Photograph of building with columns against a blue sky

Introducing The Center for Visual Biography

October 18, 2016

Drawing of a man in traditional garb

About Columbus Day

October 7, 2016

Man photographed from below. He is standing inside of a wooden box filled with photographs and other memorabilia.

The Outwin 2016 People's Choice Winner: Adrián Román

October 3, 2016

Back lit photo negative of Abraham Lincoln

Trip the Light Fantastic: A Conscientious and Compelling Display of a Glass-Plate Negative

September 30, 2016

Black and white drawing of bust of man looking out past the viewer

Hispanic Heritage Month at the Portrait Gallery

September 16, 2016

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