Saturday, October 11, 2025

A woman who could outshine artifice with a single, unguarded smile: Diane Keaton, photographed by Norman Seeff, c. 1975

A monochrome portrait of actress Diane Keaton, radiating unaffected poise and understated confidence. She poses with her arms raised, hands resting lightly behind her head, allowing her straight, shoulder-length hair to fall freely about her face. The composition is spare and unadorned, yet profoundly intimate—capturing the spontaneous warmth of a woman who has never needed artifice to command attention. Her faint, knowing smile and calm gaze convey a blend of wit and serenity, while the soft interplay of light and shadow accentuates the natural contours of her face and arms. Clad in a simple black tank top, Keaton embodies a timeless minimalism—her beauty emerging not from glamour but from authenticity, the camera recording a moment of quiet self-assurance and self-possession that would later define her screen persona.

“I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.” —Diane Keaton, 1946–2025. She made honesty fashionable. We could use more of that in the world as it is now. She made honesty fashionable—and how rare that seems now. In a world stitched together with pretence, we could use a little more of her kind of truth. —Arthur Newhook, 11 October 2025.

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