Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Portraits by Albert Watson

My favourite portraits by the Scottish photographer Albert Watson, from a long and fruitful career.


Alfred Hitchcock by Albert Watson, 1973




Steve Jobs by Albert Watson, Cupertino, 2006




Aretha Franklin for Interview Magazine, Detroit, 1986




Mike Tyson by Albert Watson, Catskills, New York, 1986




Andy Warhol by Albert Watson, New York, 1985




Rodney Charles by Albert Watson, New York, 1988




Susie Bick by Albert Watson, Paris, 1985




Denzel Washington by Albert Watson, Los Angeles, 2006




Quentin Tarantino by Albert Watson, New York, 2004




Prince by Albert Watson, Cleveland, 2004




Keanu Reeves by Albert Watson for Details Magazine, New York, 1991




David Bowie by Albert Watson, New York, 1996




Live Tyler by Albert Watson, New York, 1994




Glenda Jackson as King Lear, 2018




Christie Turlington by Albert Watson, New York, 1990




Keith Richards by Albert Watson, New York, 1989

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Portraits by Steve Pyke

This shot of Sam Fuller, from Edinburgh in 1983, was the first portrait Pyke took with a close-up lens on his Rolleiflex camera. This became his trademark portrait style. 


Derek Jarman by Steve Pyke, 1983




David Bailey by Steve Pyke, 1984.
Pyke pulls the camera back in this portrait of a fellow photographer. The dog is a nice touch.




Antony Sher by Steve Pyke, 1987.
A great portrait of one of Britain's finest actors.




Helen Mirren by Steve Pyke, 1990. Stunning!




Peter Greenaway by Steve Pyke, 1983




David Hockney by Steve Pyke, 1992

"Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem."
- Paul Celan 

“Hands have a history of their own, they have, indeed, their own civilization, their special beauty."
- Rilke




Iris Murdoch by Steve Pyke, Oxford, 1991




Prunella Scales by Steve Pyke, 1994




I love this Steve Pyke shot of Stephen Mallinder & Richard H. Kirk, of the British pop group Cabaret Voltaire, Sheffield, 1985.




Kathy Acker by Steve Pyke, Greenwich Village, 1984




Iggy Pop by Steve Pyke, London, 1986




Peter Cook by Steve Pyke, early 1990s




Ken Russell by Steve Pyke, 1985




Steve Pyke's great portrait of the legendary photographer Robert Doisneau, 1990.

Album Cover Portraits by Lotte Meitner-Graf

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