Portraits O-S

Jacqueline Onassis

This is one of my most popular portraits and dates from 1979. Jackie (yes I called her that) was the first editor on the book Berenice Abbott and I were doing together. She came down to my studio on a workday afternoon to discuss the book and after we’d sorted pictures for a couple of hours she saw an old Atget book on a table. She was a big fan of Atget and asked if she could borrow it. I said, “Of course, if you’ll let me take a picture of you holding it.” She thought that was a pretty good trade so we headed downstairs to the studio room where the Deardorff was always set up underneath a large skylight. I only made three exposures; this was the second, about a second at f8. She didn’t wiggle and it came out OK. It is possibly the only posed large format photograph of the most paparazzied woman of the 20th Century that was made after the assassination of her husband. She returned the book a month or so later. 

Andrew Sarris, at 830 Broadway, New York City, March 1, 2002

Bruno Poulen in Doan Eaton's Barn, near Skowhegan Maine, July 1985

Donald Sutherland, Santa Monica, California, April 2000

Issac Bashevis Singer 1, New York City, June 26, 1984

Issac Bashevis Singer 2, New York City, June 26, 1984

Jacqueline Onassis & Ray Roberts New York City, December 1979

Jacqueline Onassis 1, New York City, December 1979

Jacqueline Onassis 2, New York City, December 1979

Liza Stelle, New York City, December 1975

Liza Stelle 1, Lake Hebron Maine, June 1977

Liza Stelle 2, Lake Hebron Maine, June 1977

Martin Scorcese at His Office 1, New York City July 28, 2000

Martin Scorcese at His Office 2, New York City July 28, 2000

Maxine Sullivan Bronx, New York July 2, 1986

Mel Powell, Van Nuys, California May 16, 1987

Meryl Streep & Qi, New York City, February 8, 2000

Meryl Streep 1, New York City, February 8, 2000

Meryl Streep 2, New York City, February 8, 2000

Mickey Rooney, aboard the Royal Viking Sun, December 1982

Raphael Soyer, New York City, March 18, 1986

Shelley Shier, New York City, June 27, 1994

Shelley Shier, Miami, Florida 1993

Shelley Shier, Williams Island Florida, January 1993

Shelley Shier aboard the S/S Norway Summer 1983

Tom O'Horgan at home 1, New York City June 8, 2002

Tom O'Horgan at home 2, New York City June 8, 2002

Tom O'Horgan at home 3, New York City June 8, 2002