“Vanity Fair: The Portraits – A Century of Iconic Images” By Graydon Carter and the editors of Vanity Fair (Abrams, $65).
The highbrow celebrity-gawking magazine has always commissioned the best photographers going. This volume features oddly appropriate pairings of celebrities old and new: Annie Leibovitz’s portrait of Rupert Murdoch (1994) is paired with Edward Steichen’s famous portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan (1903). Madonna (1996) is featured with her 1934 twin, Jean Harlow; Tony Bennett (2006) tickles the keys with George Gershwin (1927). The more things change, etc.
