The New York Times, Paolo Pellegrin and Portraiture

[r.e.]

Recently, the NYT hired Magnum photographer Paolo Pellegrin to do portraits of actors likely to make an impression at tomorrow night's Academy Awards.

The story on why they chose Pellegrin for the job says some interesting things about trends in celebrity portraiture: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/magazine/08intro-t.html?ref=magazine

Here's what Pellegrin produced: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/20090205-great-performers/

[r.e.]

While I'm at it, Richard Avendon's work is finally on-line: http://www.avedonfoundation.org/ Click on "Archive".

[Charles Carstensen]

Way cool, thanks.