Graham Greene
(1904-1991), NovelistSitter in 51 portraits
Greene began his career as a journalist for The Times. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1926, the paradoxes of life and faith and the motives for committing to a cause or ideology, became the subject of his later writing. He achieved critical acclaim for works exploring profound moral dilemmas such as Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair. During the Second World War, he worked as an intelligence officer, inspiring Our Man in Havana (1958) and his screenplay The Third Man (1949). In the 1960s he moved to Antibes, where he was awarded the chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 1969.
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 7 June 1939
NPG x15394
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 7 June 1939
NPG x15392
Graham Greene; Douglas Francis Jerrold
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127763
Graham Greene; Douglas Francis Jerrold
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1947
NPG x47309
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, June 1953
NPG x14089
by Lida Moser
film negative, 1954
NPG x45317
by Lida Moser
film negative, 1954
NPG x45318
by Lida Moser
film negative, 1954
NPG x45319
by Lida Moser
film negative, 1954
NPG x136457
by Lida Moser
gelatin silver print, 1954
NPG x198564
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