Hannah Jane Archive: actors

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James Franco, Vogue, by Terry Richardson

The cover for Vogue Hommes International Fall/Winter 2007-2008. Shot by Terry Richardson. Great Holgaesque aesthetic.

More of that minx Annie Leibovitz

Nicole Kidman, New York, 2003

Brad Pitt, Las Vegas, 1994

Wonderful photograph, in its saturation and use of colour, juxtaposition (or maybe just clashing) between the orange bedspread and Pitt's peroxide locks. Nice pants, btw.

Milkhail Baryshnikov and Rob Bresserer, Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1990

I fucking love the above photograph. I love the tonal black and white, I love the posture of Bresserer and the perfection of Baryshnikov. I love the homoeroticism and the ease of Bresserer's elevation of Mischa. How the two of them look weirdly happy just doing what they're doing on a Georgian beach. For my money, one of Leibovitz's best photographs. And the thing is, I love the relative simplicity of this photograph than all the shit she does with the Disneyfied, gimmick schtick, just stick to a beautiful shot with all the action in front of the lens not on a computer monitor afterwards. Less is more, Leibovitz!

All of the above three photographs were included in an exhibition entitled Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005, held at the San Diego Museum of Art from 10 February to April 22 2007.

Annie Leibovitz's Vanity Fair group photographs

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Chris Rock and Jack Black, March 2008.

Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Meryl Streep, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Vanessa Redgrave, Chloë Sevigny, Sophia Loren, Penélope Cruz in Master Class, 2001

Kirsten Dunst, Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Connelly, Rachel Weisz, Brittany Murphy, Selma Blair, Rosario Dawson, Christina Applegate, Naomi Watts in Rhapsody in Blue, 2002.

Uma Thurman, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Scarlett Johansson, Rosario Dawson, Ziyi Zhang, Kerry Washington, Kate Bosworth, Sienna Miller in Not So Desperate Housewives, 2005.

Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Ewan McGregor, Matt Damon in Alpha List, 2003.

Tom Ford, Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley in Ford's Foundation, 2006

Tim Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, David Arquette, Will Smith, Skeet Ulrich in Boys' Town, 1996.

Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Renée Zellweger, Minnie Driver, Alison Elliott, Jada Pinkett, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, Fairuza Balk in The Next Wave, 1997

Adrien Brody, Thandie Newton, Monica Potter, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Stiles, Leelee Sobieski, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Polley, Norman Reedus, Anna Friel, Omar Epps, Kate Hudson, Vinessa Shaw, Barry Pepper in New Kids on the Block, 1999

Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Natalie Portman, Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol, Christina Ricci, Ed Furlong, Rufus Sewell in The Hot Next Wave, 1999

Penélope Cruz, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Marley Shelton, Chris Klein, Selma Blair, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Sarah Wynter in Splendour in the Grass, 2000.

L to R: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman, Patricia Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julianne Moore, Angela Bassett, Sandra Bullock in The Class of 2000, Vanity Fair, 1995

L to R: Julianne Moore, Jennifer Connelly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Aniston, Kirsten Dunst, Diane Lane, Lucy Lui, Hilary Swank, Alison Lohman, Scarlett Johansson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, in Send in the Gowns, Vanity Fair, 2004

Black Acting Talent

Three of my favourite British actors photographed by Donald MacLellan for the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibition celebrating black British film stars.

Naomie Harris. The Cambridge educated British actress who was brilliant as the eponymous Poppy Shakespeare (for Channel 4, the adaptation of Clare Allen's novel).

Sophie Okenedo who has been brilliant in numerous things. In Scenes of a Sexual Nature, in Tsunami: The Aftermath, Oliver.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, the Nigerian hottie and star of Children of Men, Kinky Boots and Dirty Pretty Things amonsgt things.

Ryan Phillippe and Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie and Ryan Phillippe. I love this photograph. I love the old style smartness of Ryan's suit and their eye contact. (Ignore Sean Connery in the background). The two worked together on the film Playing by Heart, in which Phillippe sported bright blue hair and Jolie bright red. Just a great photograph and Ryan looks hot, as ever.