20 Black and White Candid Portrait Photos of Celebrities From the 1960s and 1970s Taken by Steve Schapiro

Steve Schapiro is an American photographer. He is known for his portraits of celebrities and movie stills, most importantly The Godfather and Taxi Driver. Below is a selection of 20 extraordinary black and white portraits of celebrities from the 1960s and 1970s taken by Steve Schapiro.

Marlon Brando, makeup session for The Godfather, New York, 1971

David Bowie with Buster Keaton Book, Los Angeles, 1975

Dustin Hoffman

Truman Capote

Robert De Niro during the filming of 1976 movie Taxi Driver

Nico

Barbara Streisand

Martin Scorsese with one of the guns used by Robert De Niro on the set of Taxi Driver

Buster Keaton

Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and Entourage, New York

Marcello Mastroianni, New York, 1962

Woody Allen

Robert Redford and Lauren Hutton on the set of 1970 movie Little Fauss And Big Halsy

Martin Luther King during his march from Selma, Alabam, to Montgomery in 1965 as part of the American civil rights movement

Ike and Tina Turner pose before a painting of themselves at their home

Muhammad Ali with a Monopoly board

Actress Mia Farrow holds a baby

Ray Charles, New Jersey, 1966

Robert De Niro

Robert F Kennedy wins over members of the public during his 1968 U.S. presidential campaign