For over 50 years, celebrated photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg has captured some of the most iconic portraits of famous figures of a generation, including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Fidel Castro and Andy Warhol. Schatzberg’s portraits are notably identified for their narrative feature, as he always left his subjects to their own devices in order for their characters to fully come through into his shots. Here are some of Schatzberg’s striking portraits, taken mostly in the 1960s:
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, in army fatigues, gestures as he speaks emphatically during a press conference held soon after the Cuban revolution, Havana, Cuba, 1959.
Close-up profile of American lawyer (and future politician) Ted Kennedy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1962.
With buildings reflected in the window, Roman Polanski holds the brochure for the first New York Film Festival, New York, September 1963.
Low-angle view of Elia Kazan, New York, 1964.
Jane Fonda in a cowboy hat, checkered blouse, and jeans dangles a gun in her right hand as she stands in front of a black background, New York, October 1964.
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