Portraits by Gisèle Freund, part 2

Here's the second part of my post on Gisèle Freund's portrait photographs. Part 1 is here.

An absolutely splendid portrait of Leonard Woolf by Gisèle Freund. This was taken at Monk's House in Sussex in 1946. Following Virginia's death in 1941, Leonard continued to live at Monk's House until his own death in 1969.

Marguerite Duras by Gisèle Freund, 1973.

Jorge Amado by Gisèle Freund, 1972.

Jacques Lacan by Gisèle Freund, Paris, 1975.

Martin Buber by Gisèle Freund, Paris, 1958

Jacques Prévert and Ida Chagall by Gisèle Freund, Saint Paul de Vence, 1954. What a lovely shot!

Iris Murdoch by Gisèle Freund, Oxford, 1959.

Adolfo Bioy Casares by Gisèle Freund, Buenos Aires, 1942.

Candido Portinari by Gisèle Freund, 1947. The painting is "Menino Chorando", from 1945.

Robert Lowell by Gisèle Freund, Paris, 1964.

Marguerite Yourcenar by Gisèle Freund, Paris, 1971.

Julio Cortazar by Gisèle Freund, 1966.

Vladimir and Vera Nabokov, with Heinrich-Maria Ledig-Rowohlt, Paris, 1960.

Adrienne Monnier by Gisèle Freund, 1939. In the late 1930s Monnier and Freund were for a time lovers, and Freund remained close with Monnier and her literary partner Sylvia Beach until she had to flee Paris ahead of the German occupation.

Roberto Matta by Gisèle Freund, 1987.

It's looking like I'll need at least one more post of Gisèle Freund portraits. Stay tuned!

Portraits by Gisèle Freund, part 1

 One of my favourite portrait photographers, and one of the greatest, is Gisèle Freund, who lived from 1908 to 2000. Her life was full of incident - her Wikipedia article makes a great read - and her list of friends includes Walter Benjamin, Sylvia Beach, André Malraux, Victoria Ocampo and Frida Kahlo.

I hadn't seen many of these portraits before, but there are more to come. I'll post Part 2 soon!

A self-portrait of Gisèle Freund from c. 1968.

Simone De Beauvoir by Gisèle Freund, 1948.

Virginia Woolf by Gisèle Freund, 1939. This was taken in Tavistock Square; the fresco behind Woolf is by Vanessa Bell.

Frida Kahlo by Gisèle Freund, Mexico City, 1951.

Walter Benjamin by Gisèle Freund, late 1930s.

Katherine Anne Porter by Gisèle Freund, College Park, Maryland, 1970.

Gisèle Freund, Agnès Varda en train de filmer, 1964. She may be filming Le Bonheur, released in 1965.

Hanna Schygulla by Gisèle Freund, 1984.

Manuel Alvarez Bravo by Gisèle Freund, Arles, 1979. Two great photographers together.

Hermann Hesse by Gisèle Freund, 1962. This was taken in his study in Montagnola.

Alfonso Reyes in his library, at La Chapelle Alfonsina, Mexico, 1952. A remarkable photograph by Gisèle Freund (and a remarkable library!)

Mary McCarthy by Gisèle Freund, c. 1966-68.

Sylvia Beach in her bookstore "Shakespeare & Co", rue de l'Odéon, Paris, 1936. Another wonderful portrait by Gisèle Freund. Stay tuned for Part 2!