Genre: Portrait Photography Doris Lessing appears in the left corner of the print and leans to the right at a forty-five degree angle, looking directly at the camera. She wears a striped blouse with a tie-neck.
Genre: Portrait Photography Close-up of Doris Lessing, taken at a slightly elevated position; she is turned to face the right and is in the process of talking whilst playing with the beads of her necklace. The year in the title is 1982 but as the preceding and subsequent photographs are all dat...
Genre: Portrait Photography Half length portrait of Doris Lessing standing with her arms down by her side and her head turned towards the left whilst she is talking. She is surrounded by narrow branches.
Genre: Portrait Photography Close-up portrait of Doris Lessing looking towards the left and smiling with her teeth showing. Several branches with spring shoots are visible in the background.
Genre: Portrait Photography Close-up head and shoulders portrait taken indoors; Doris Lessing's body is turned towards the right but she faces directly at the camera. Handwritten in ink on the verso ' A RENDRE à RAPHO (Nathalie de Botte).
Genre: Portrait Photography Doris Lessing sits with her left hand resting on her hip and her right on her crossed-over leg, she is twisted to look to the left. Behind her, a miniature television and other indistinct items are visible.
Genre: Portrait Photography Doris Lessing sits on a tree trunk that is placed in front a mound of grass covered in dark plastic sheeting. She sits with her legs crossed and both arms resting on her knee. A wooden garden fence is in the background.
Genre: Portrait Photography Close-up of Doris Lessing sitting in front of a garden fence (out of focus); she wears a floral dress and rests her weight on her right arm whilst looking directly at the camera.