Portraits of Beckett as a Famous Writer

Despite his reputation as a writer with no interest in fame and publicity, Beckett posed for a series of photographic portraits that demonstrate his long-running participation in the process of self-fashioning and self-promotion. Challenging the idea that he was "damned to fame, " these portraits underscore his respect for literary marketing and suggest a desire on Beckett's part to expose his complicity in the construction and dissemination of a career-defining public image.