Happy birthday Al Pacino π
π· Irving Penn, 1995
βWith rare, sweet stealth, he has insinuated himself as one of our great actors. He is so much more accessible and beguiling than De Niro or Hoffman.β
- David Thomson
James Caan, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino & John Cazale on the set of The Godfather
π· Steve Schapiro, 1972
John Cazale & Al Pacino in 2, 1974
Another great film set shot by Steve Schapiro
"I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart."
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino & Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, 2019.
What a spectacular photograph, by Niko Tavernise #stillonset
Diane Keaton & Al Pacino, The Godfather
π· Steve Schapiro, 1972
βIf you want to talk about acting, look again at that early scene when Michael tells her about the way in which Johnny Fontane got his freedom from the bandleader who had him under contract.β
- David Thomson
Al Pacino was wonderful as Jimmy Hoffa in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.
Here with Robert De Niro & Ray Romano
π· Niko Tavernise, 2019
Lee Strasberg & Al Pacino in 2, 1974
Two performances for the ages. But Pacino lost out to Art Carney for Best Actor, & Strasberg missed Best Supporting Actor closer to home: Robert De Niro.
The still photographer on set was Bruce McBroom, but Steve Schapiro was around as well.
Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese & Director of Photography Rodrigo Prieto have a conference on the set of The Irishman. Prieto received a Best Cinematography #Oscar nomination for his work on this film.
π· Niko Tavernise, 2019 #stillonset
Here's a wonderful shot: Al Pacino & Hal Holbrook in a scene from Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
π· Friedman-Abeles, 1969 @NYPL digital collection
Coffee with Robert De Niro & Al Pacino βοΈ
π· Marco Grob for Variety, 2019
A great cover photo of Al Pacino & Robert De Niro by Richard Burbridge, for @GQMagazine
Inside are some outstanding portraits: gq.com/story/al-pacinβ¦
Including this wonderful shot:
Al Pacino by Richard Burbridge for GQ, 2019
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Happy birthday to Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk π
π· Ara GΓΌler
"His books are multi-layered, allegorical, sometimes fanciful, Proustian in their attention to detail and Borgesian in their dazzling complexity."
- Sarah Lyall
Orhan Pamuk by Sophie Bassouls, 1990
"Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow."
It's so great that other photographers have continued Philippe Halsman's #jump! tradition. Here's Orhan Pamuk by Alex Majoli.
This was taken at Cannes in 2007, when Pamuk was a member of the Festival Jury.
Celebrate the Richard Avedon Centennial ππ―
π· Irving Penn, Vogue, August 23, 1993
"He was small, dark & electric with his own sort of vitality. Crackling. Sparks seem to fly out of him. He flashes his fingers like tiny rapid moths."
- Ginette Spanier
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Carson McCullers & Tennessee Williams, April 25, 1950 #Avedon100
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Buster Keaton, 1952 #Avedon100
I'm listening to Concerto Italiano play Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, in their 2005 recording under Rinaldo Alessandrini.
I've always loved the cover photo; it's by Julia Fullerton-Batten. I'll start a thread of some of my favourites of her photos here. π§΅
Julia Fullerton-Batten
The Lady of Shalott, 2018
... which is, of course, a reinterpretation of John Waterhouse's 1888 painting of Lord Tennyson's poem.
Happy birthday Sofia Coppola π
π· Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur β a filmmaker with a distinct worldview and sensibility and a personal set of quasi-autobiographical interests."
- J. Hoberman
Sofia with her dad on the set of Godfather 2
π· Steve Schapiro, 1974
The Coppola family by Ted Streshinsky, 1974
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo
Celebrate the Red Garland Centennial ππ―
π· Bill Spilka, c. 1957
"Garland's style was understated and harmonically sophisticated; he would delineate a melody, then shade it with distinctively voiced block chords and hints of counterpoint."
- Jon Pareles #RedGarland100
Esmond Edwards' great album cover for Red Garland's "Red in Bluesville", from 1959. Edwards took the photo, & designed the album as well.
Remembering Bea Arthur on her birthday π
π· Martin Mills, 1972
"Those of us working with her knew we were working with a golden comedic touch." - Norman Lear
Beatrice Arthur with Bill Callaway & Carl Ballantine in Bruce Jay Friedman & Richard Adler's musical A Mother's Kisses
π· Jack Mitchell, 1968
Angela Lansbury & Beatrice Arthur in Mame
π· Friedman-Abeles, 1966
Arthur won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her performance. She was Beatrice on the stage & Bea on TV.