The phrase "searing portrait" means a powerful and intense depiction or representation of something or someone.
Sentences with «searing portrait»
Robert Bresson plumbs great reservoirs of feeling with Mouchette, one of the most searing portraits of human desperation ever put on film. (criterion.com)
Among her many projects, Alia coded interfaces for provisioning of cell phone services in Latin America, managed the shopping cart experience for an internet - based nutrition supplement company, and created customized user experiences for online photofinishing print stores for clients such as Yahoo!, Lucasfilm, Sears Portrait Studio, Delta, NASCAR and others. (losey.law)
The curators, Thelma Golden and Lauren Haynes of the Studio Museum, see a «searing portrait of poverty,» but it is still about a family. (haberarts.com)