Samuel Beckett smoking a French cigarette: John Haynes's best photograph
Briefly

I remember taking Beckett's portrait in 1973. I was absolutely petrified of the man... It was like being in one of his own plays.
I always try not to pose people whose portraits I'm taking, just capture them in whatever they're doing.
...as they talked, they moved around in a kind of dance. And I kind of danced around them too, snapping away.
The picture of him I love most is another of him in profile... there's nothing to look at but his profile.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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