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I was thinking of this the other day, after a conversation with a dear friend of mine on this board, what is your favorite classic photographic portrait and why?
Some portraits capture the essence of individuals and pivotal moments in their lives, providing an image to the overall narrative of their histories.
Here we have Karsh's portrait of Ernest Hemingway, which I just saw at the MFA. Absolutely moving in person.
This is Hemingway cresting the hill of artistic achievement, still flush with achievement of his Noble Prize for literature, still looking ahead toward all that he would yet create, and now imbued with that tinge of irony that he would not produce a major work beyond this point.
Still, here he is with that fierce determined physical presence that added so much heft to his writing. Here he is just before it all fell apart. Ernest Hemingway.
What are your favorites and why?
Some portraits capture the essence of individuals and pivotal moments in their lives, providing an image to the overall narrative of their histories.
Here we have Karsh's portrait of Ernest Hemingway, which I just saw at the MFA. Absolutely moving in person.
This is Hemingway cresting the hill of artistic achievement, still flush with achievement of his Noble Prize for literature, still looking ahead toward all that he would yet create, and now imbued with that tinge of irony that he would not produce a major work beyond this point.
Still, here he is with that fierce determined physical presence that added so much heft to his writing. Here he is just before it all fell apart. Ernest Hemingway.
What are your favorites and why?