Whilst trying to find online versions of several movies – The Stone Killer, Truck Turner – I stumbled upon an iconic scene from Superfly, featuring Priest (Ron O’Neal) and Eddie (Carl Lee).
Looking into Carl Lee’s life (and death; drug-related, alas), lead to his father ‘Canada’ Lee, pictured above. And that in turn lead to Orson Welles…
The above portrait is just, er, well… Awesome! It kind of puts me in mind of this early Picasso self-portrait:
I wonder if Welles’ photographer knew of and was referencing the Picasso painting? The photo is actually the better or more dramatically framed composition.