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Since photography鈥檚 inception in the early 19th century, the family portrait has remained one of the medium鈥檚 most enduring subjects. Family Portrait brings together photographs from the Addison鈥檚 collection to reveal how artists have engaged with the theme of family over a span of nearly two centuries, in works that range from formal daguerreotypes to contemporary snapshots. Some photographers turn their lenses toward their own families, offering intimate glimpses into private moments: the unguarded expressions, quiet rituals, and fleeting interactions of family life. Other artists take up the family portrait as a means of investigating broader concepts of aging, change, memory, and intergenerational connection. Depicting grief and joy, solemnity and humor, intimate tenderness and boisterous energy, these works demonstrate photography鈥檚 capacity to capture both the particular and the universal aspects of family experience. Through these images, we witness how family structures evolve, how relationships shift, and how photographic documentation itself becomes a form of preservation against the inevitable passage of time.