More Photos of Smoking Writers, and Not Just Black and White Ones

See my other smoking writers posts here and here. I decided to incorporate color shots; I predict that a scarcity of black and white ones would eventually show itself.

There are some repeats, like Alan Moore but in a more candid setting. Other ones, like Moore, just have a wonderful visual character about them that transcribes nicely into photographs. Some writers are worth revisiting because their grandiosity is contrasted by performing such a debasing activity. I, myself, do not enjoy a grandiose reputation nor enjoy smoking, so the entire phenomenon is strictly third party.

There’s also a classic quality to them due to open (and posed) smoking being less socially stigmatized in older days, and the fact that writers were more glorified when books were the more widely-consumed media.

Alan Moore:

Aldous Huxley:

Charles Bukowski (I believe this is the “other” kind of cigarette):

Christopher Hitchens:

C.S. Lewis:

Diane Schoemperlen:

Karen Blixen:

Kurt Vonnegut:

Lesley McHenry:

Lynn Barber:

Simon Gray:

William Faulkner: