RIP Arnold Newman

Here was a photographer more famous for his portraits than himself.

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George Grosz (top left), Francis Bacon (right) and Kuniyoshi (below)

“What, are you crazy?” he said, his voice ascending an octave with each syllable. “A Jew in Tunisia? To meet Ar-a-fat? What are you, crazy?” (From When Arnold met Arafat)

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3 March 1918 – 6 June 2006
(The above photo not by A.N.)


Portrait of Milton Avery, Mr Simplicity. (His paintings)