Title: Edward Said, New York

Year: 1999

Media: B&W archival pigment print

Size: 27.94 x 35.56 cm

About the work: Portrait of Edward Said, the Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, author, and political activist.

Bio: French photographer Brigitte Lacombe is known for her influential and revelatory portraiture. For four decades she has created iconic and intimate photographs of many of the world’s most celebrated artists, actors, directors, politicians, and intellectuals.