David Niven by Dmitri Kasterine Julian Schnabel by Dmitri Kasterine Allen Ginsberg by Dmitri Kasterine Martin and Kingsley Amis by Dmitri Kasterine
David Hockney by Dmitri Kasterine Samuel Beckett by Dmitri Kasterine Three English Boys by Dmitri Kasterine Caroline and Nicholas by Dmitri Kasterine
Woman at a party by Dmitri Kasterine The Twist by Dmitri Kasterine
Dirk Bogarde by Dmitri Kasterine Margaret Drabble by Dmitri Kasterine Kurt Vonnegut by Dmitri Kasterine Beryl Bainbridge by Dmitri Kasterine Muriel Spark by Dmitri Kasterine E.L. Doctorow by Dmitri Kasterine William Styron by Dmitri Kasterine V.S. Pritchett, London, 1974 by Dmitri Kasterine Roy Lichtenstein by Dmitri Kasterine Patricia Highsmith, France, 1976 by Dmitri Kasterine Saul Bellow by Dmitri Kasterine Arthur Miller by Dmitri Kasterine Marc Jacobs by Dmitri Kasterine Anthony Powell by Dmitri Kasterine Susan Minot by Dmitri Kasterine Robert Penn Warren, Connecticut, 1983 by Dmitri Kasterine Alain Robbe-Grillet by Dmitri Kasterine William Empson by Dmitri Kasterine Raymond Carver by Dmitri Kasterine John Fowles by Dmitri Kasterine Count Basie by Dmitri Kasterine Willem de Kooning by Dmitri Kasterine Norman Mailer by Dmitri Kasterine Sam Kinison by Dmitri Kasterine

Approach

When I asked Dmitri Kasterine to what extent capturing his sitters off guard was a deliberate strategy, he explained that his main aim was to ‘avoid the conventional’ and prevent the subject from ‘putting on the polite face.’ This is as difficult as it sounds. Apart from the fact that, as he puts it, ‘one is inclined to be fascinated’ when photographing the great and the good, there may be an army of minders and assistants to negotiate, or simply a shortage of time. Luck or serendipity may be crucial.

Citation: Joe Staines, Black and White Magazine

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