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.
Inscription: Handwritten in pencil on verso: Kingsley Amis/ 1974/ 1968-3-16 Genre: Portrait Photography Head and shoulders portrait of Kingsley Amis standing in his living room and looking directly at the camera; there is a window to the right and part of a plant, possibly an orchid.
Inscription: Handwritten in pencil on verso: 1/ 1969.3.24/ RRN/ SPR/ 10s/ Kingsley Amis 1974/ P2 (p36) Genre: Portrait Photography Kingsley Amis sits at his typewriter in his study and looks at the camera. The desk and his study have several piles of paper strewn around. On the floor to the le...
Inscription: Handwritten in pencil on verso: 1969.3.24 Genre: Portrait Photography Kingsley Amis sits at his typewriter in his study and looks at the camera. The desk and his study have several piles of paper strewn around. On the floor to the left are several rows of empty whiskey bottles. (O...