Steve Schapiro is a widely acclaimed photographer whose work has been seen regularly in the major magazines of the world. In addition to his documentary photographs from the 1960s, he has worked on numerous and diverse commercial assignments, including making photographs for Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, and John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy, and several album covers for recording star and actress Barbara Streisand. His Life covers of marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and Truman Capote are today considered to be classics in the portrait genre.
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