{"title":"Timothy White","description":"\u003cp\u003eTimothy White is among the most accomplished portrait photographers of his generation. Trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and brought to prominence through Rolling Stone, White has spent more than four decades photographing the defining figures of film, music, fashion, and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis portraits are built around a rare kind of access: the ability to see the private person inside the public image. This collection gathers a selection of that work, with subjects including Angelina Jolie, Whoopi Goldberg, Liza Minnelli, and Dustin Hoffman, in photographs that read as character studies as much as celebrity sittings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhite has been recognized with the Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year, named among American Photo Magazine's most important people in photography, and published in monographs including \u003cem\u003eTimothy White: Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e. Each work in this collection is an archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by Timothy White and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"liza-minnelli","title":"Liza Minnelli","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eLiza Minnelli\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003eTimothy White · NYC, 1996 · Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePhotographed in New York in 1996, this portrait catches Liza Minnelli at the point where old show-business polish meets prankish nerve. Pearls, tattoos, a lifted blouse, and her cool look to camera turn a staged idea into an image she clearly owns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite had imagined Minnelli framed by the tattooed arms of two friends, with the men themselves kept outside the center of the picture. What happened instead was pure Liza: she stepped onto the set, asked if he was ready, and turned the first shot of the day into the one that mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite later recalled the moment:\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eTimothy White, on the shoot:\u003cbr\u003e\"When she stepped out of the dressing room and got onto the set, she asked me if I was ready. She then quickly pulled up her blouse revealing a small tattoo under her breast surprising us all. It was the first shot of the day.\"\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe portrait works because she gives the photograph its voltage. The contrast is theatrical but not decorative: pearls against ink, glamour against mischief, a show-business icon letting the room know she is directing the joke as much as performing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAn archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/provenance-authentication\"\u003eFull Provenance \u0026amp; Authentication\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Timothy White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48430828257505,"sku":"TW-4050-LIZA","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/TW-4050-LIZA.png?v=1780320075"},{"product_id":"angie-harmon","title":"Angie Harmon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eAngie Harmon\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003eTimothy White · West Hollywood, CA, 2013 · Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePhotographed in West Hollywood in 2013, this portrait places Angie Harmon against a stark white studio field, her body low to the ground and turned away from the camera as she looks back over her shoulder. Red and blue heels, a fine chain, and the clean sweep of bare skin make the image graphic before it becomes glamorous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite keeps the picture almost spare: white floor, white wall, a long diagonal pose, and a single block of dark hair anchoring the composition. The color is concentrated in the shoes and small accents, so the eye moves from line to gesture to the sitter's direct return of the gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eA white-field portrait built from poise, bare line, and one sharp look back.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe strength of the image is in its control. Harmon is photographed with the polish of a fashion sitting, but the pose reads as sculptural, a study in balance, length, and tension rather than a conventional celebrity portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by the artist and issued as an editioned Artist Proof, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/provenance-authentication\"\u003eFull Provenance \u0026amp; Authentication\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Timothy White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48430828355809,"sku":"TW-4050-HARMON","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/TW-4050-HARMON.png?v=1780320075"},{"product_id":"angelina-jolie","title":"Angelina Jolie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eAngelina Jolie\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003ePhotographed by Timothy White, Hollywood, CA, 2004. Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed artist proof.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePhotographed in Hollywood in 2004, this full-length studio portrait presents Angelina Jolie as a spare black shape against white space. A short black dress, high heels, hands set at the hips, and hair falling over one eye give the image its controlled severity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite's own account of the sitting begins with Jolie's public image, then moves to the private interruption that changed the atmosphere of the room: her adopted son coming onto the set to see his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite recalled:\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eShe had this wonderful public persona and a crazy history of being a wild child, a solo mom, and a really strong independent woman.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThat tension is visible in the picture. Jolie is photographed with almost no scenery, but the pose has the charge of a character entering a frame: self-possessed, remote, and aware of exactly how the camera will read her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe portrait belongs to White's long record of photographing performers at the point where celebrity becomes image. Here, the theatrical surface is stripped down to a few exact decisions: black dress, white ground, strong stance, direct gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThis archival pigment print is produced on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by the artist and issued as an editioned Artist Proof, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/provenance-authentication\"\u003eFull Provenance \u0026amp; Authentication\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Timothy White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48430828388577,"sku":"TW-4050-JOLIE","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/TW-4050-JOLIE.png?v=1780327950"},{"product_id":"whoopi-goldberg","title":"Whoopi Goldberg","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eWhoopi Goldberg\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003eTimothy White · NYC, 2009 · Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePhotographed in New York in 2009, this portrait casts Whoopi Goldberg through the language of an old master painting. Seated in a dark robe before a painted landscape, she holds the frame with a dry, steady gaze that turns art history into performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe setup plays with one of the most recognizable images in Western art, but Goldberg prevents the picture from becoming imitation. Her expression is too knowing, too contemporary, and too controlled. She makes the costume and set feel like tools in her own performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eA Mona Lisa for the camera age, wry, frontal, and completely in command.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite's portrait works by letting the reference remain visible while giving the sitter the final word. The pose is formal, the room theatrical, and the mood almost ceremonial, yet Goldberg's presence cuts through the art-historical staging with unmistakable modern authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAn archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/provenance-authentication\"\u003eFull Provenance \u0026amp; Authentication\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Timothy White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48430828486881,"sku":"TW-4050-WHOOPI","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/TW-4050-WHOOPI.png?v=1780320077"},{"product_id":"dustin-hoffman","title":"Dustin Hoffman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eDustin Hoffman\u003c\/h1\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003eTimothy White · Culver City, CA, 2001 · Archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePhotographed in Culver City in 2001, this black-and-white portrait frames Dustin Hoffman through the open window of a car. The actor sits in shadowed leather, lit like a movie still, with the geometry of the window turning the vehicle into a private screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhite uses the car as more than a prop. Its polished surfaces, hard angles, and deep interior shadow create a cinematic space around Hoffman, while the actor's stillness keeps the image from becoming pure atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eA cinematic portrait built from glass, leather, shadow, and Hoffman's watchful stillness.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe result has the charge of a noir close-up without pretending to be a film scene. It is a quiet portrait of an actor who does not need theatrical force to hold the frame. The tension comes from restraint, reflection, and the directness of his gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAn archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/provenance-authentication\"\u003eFull Provenance \u0026amp; Authentication\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Timothy White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48430828585185,"sku":"TW-4050-HOFFMAN","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/TW-4050-HOFFMAN.png?v=1780320075"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/collections\/TW-4050-JOLIE.png?v=1780332331","url":"https:\/\/www.finephoto.art\/collections\/timothy-white.oembed","provider":"FinePhoto.Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}