Can ANY camera distort the face up close?

For example like the iPhone FRONT camera, it mega makes everyone face look weird?
Also can Video distort as well if not handled by a pro? Or a camera for that matter?

And how do pro photographers make everyone look good? Because when people take pictures by them selfs, its horrible. Thats why I'm going to a pro to get mine done.

Yes ANY camera set to wide angle will distort a face. The wider it is, the more distortion

Wide-angle lenses distort people faces.

Photographers who know what they're doing use telephoto lenses to take portraits. Telephoto lenses do not distort faces like wide-angles do

One of the first things any serious photographer ever learns is to take a step back and compensate with a longer focal length when taking portraits.

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