Truman! Portraits of Truman Capote

Here are some of my favourite portraits of Truman Capote.

Truman Capote by Jean Mounicq, 1966

A polaroid of Truman Capote by Andy Warhol, 1979

Truman Capote by Henri Cartier-Bresson, New Orleans, 1947

Truman Capote by Arnold Newman, New York, 1977

Truman Capote by Irving Penn, 1948

Truman Capote by Richard Avedon, 1955

Truman's façade is definitely up in the Penn & Avedon portraits, but they both did more searching portraits later.

Here's Penn's portrait from 1965...

... and Avedon's from 1974.

Truman Capote & his bulldog in Portofino; a nice shot by Leonida Barezzi, 1950s. Capote was nicknamed Bulldog as a child, because he carried a pencil & notebook around, like the detective Bulldog Drummond.

Truman Capote & Andy Warhol by Mick Rock, 1979

Here's Truman Capote with Robert Blake & Scott Wilson on the set of In Cold Blood, photographed by Steve Schapiro, 1967

Truman Capote by Otto Stupakoff, 1970

Truman Capote by Carl Van Vechten, 1948. Capote was 23.

Truman Capote by Chris Smith, 1980. Such a sincere photo, & no mugging for the camera by Truman.

Truman Capote by Harry Langdon, Los Angeles, 1981

Truman Capote by Slim Aarons, 1958

Truman Capote by George Rose, 1980

One of the great Studio 54 photographs by Sonia Moskowitz: Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote and Debbie Harry, June 7, 1979.