“My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” -Richard Avedon

I think that a part of the photographer becomes apart of the photograph when taking any kind of picture. I agree with Avedon in the sense that when a photographer takes a portrait photo they invest some of themselves into the work. It would be impossible not to because there is a reason that the photo is taken, there is a reason that the photographer chose to photograph the people. However, I do not think that portraits are more about the photographer than the people being photographed. It's the photographers ideas that are going into the photo, but it is the subject that is being photographed that makes the portrait unique.