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.