Mordecai Richler, Canadian novelist and writer, 1969. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mordecai Richler sits in three quarter profile at his desk with a cigarillo in his right hand as he holds a book and reads. Behind him are several bookshelves.
Mordecai Richler, Canadian novelist and writer, 1969. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Mordecai Richler sits behind his desk (with a typewriter in the foreground), his head is turned to the right and he seems to be reading. Behind are bookshelves half-filled with books and papers.
Salman Rushdie, 1973, in London, while still working in advertising. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Salman Rushdie sits sideways to the camera with his head turned to face it; he has a cigarette in his hand. A tall hookah pipe is on a side table by the far side of the chair.
Salman Rushdie, 1986, at home in London, while writing The satanic verses for which he was condemned by Fatwa only a few months later. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Rushdie stands by a window with his arms folded across his chest. Behind him, there is a chest of drawers with a chess board on top and a hand-held Indian fan fixed to the wall.
Angus Wilson, UK novelist & critic, 1974. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Angus Wilson leans back in a chair looking at the camera and holding a small tumbler in his hand. There is a screen behind him, which is made up of a collage of Victorian figure paintings. Pen marks on the photograph show where it should be cropped.