Once here, he set up a portrait studio in his apartment on the Upper West Side, and took pictures in night clubs and of bar mitzvahs to earn a living.

WSJ: Roman Vishniac | Witness to Catastrophe | International Center of Photography | By William Meyers

You do not have to take a studio portrait.

FORBES: Professional Women Need A Professional Portrait

In 1942 Max Ernst visited her studio in New York and admired an untitled self-portrait of Tanning.

NEWYORKER: Late Harvest