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"poignant portrait" refers to a picture or description that evokes strong emotions or deep feelings. It captures a significant moment or conveys a powerful message, leaving an emotional impact on the viewer or reader.
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«poignant»
«portrait»
Sentences with «poignant portrait»
- Both books are honest, poignant portraits of young women on the brink of tumultuous change, facing the harsh reality of a world that may not be too thrilled with who they are. (booklistonline.com)
- (Chinese art's absorption of western influence is, incidentally, the subject of an exhibition of paintings by Yan Pei - Ming at Massimo De Carlo's new Hong Kong space: the artist presents poignant portraits after photographs, each a snapshot of an artist — Freud, Warhol and others — as a young man). (apollo-magazine.com)
- Norwegian photographer, 32, holds off competition with poignant portraits of Anders Behring Breivik massacre survivors (fadmagazine.com)
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