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How often have we found ourselves drawn to a painting where the very soul of a person seems to be on display? What magic makes it reveal more than a photograph? I can't answer that. But I know a man who can. I took Colin Davidson, an artist particularly celebrated for his portraits, on a tour of the BP Portrait Award exhibition at the Ulster Museum - and asked him first, why paint portraits in the age of photography?
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