Twitter thread lists portraits by famous photographers of their partners, netizens in awe

The now-viral Twitter thread has over 1.4 lakh likes.

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Photographers have long used photography to express love, especially when clicking pictures of their loved ones. A viral Twitter thread shows how famous photographers captured their loved ones.

The thread lists portraits of singer-songwriter Patti Smith taken by Robert Mapplethorpe; portraits of Beatles member Paul McCartney taken by his wife Linda McCartney; portraits of acclaimed visual artist Yoko Araki taken by her husband Nobuyoshi Araki, who was a photographer and artist.

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The thread also shows black and white photographs of writer Susan Sontag taken by famous American portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz, among others.

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This Twitter thread, captioned, ‘Portraits famous photographers have taken of their partners’, has gathered over 1.4 lakh likes since it was posted on Saturday by a Twitter user named Isabelle Baldwin (@BelleNoelPhoto).

Portraits of Ginger Shore by Stephen Shore pic.twitter.com/iDcyfGjZHj

— Isabelle Baldwin 🌎🎞 (@BelleNoelPhoto) February 10, 2023

Portraits of Annie Leibovitz’ partner, Susan Sontag pic.twitter.com/4WQZnjwsSC

— Isabelle Baldwin 🌎🎞 (@BelleNoelPhoto) February 10, 2023

Portraits of Linda McCartney’s husband, Paul McCartney pic.twitter.com/4YrN4Y89PM

— Isabelle Baldwin 🌎🎞 (@BelleNoelPhoto) February 10, 2023

Portraits of Paul Graham’s partner, Senami pic.twitter.com/Ur2Vg875gd

— Isabelle Baldwin 🌎🎞 (@BelleNoelPhoto) February 10, 2023

Portraits of Edith Gowin, Emmet Gowin’s wife pic.twitter.com/bpsromehSc

— Isabelle Baldwin 🌎🎞 (@BelleNoelPhoto) February 11, 2023

Portraits of Yoko Araki, NobuyoshiAraki’s wife pic.twitter.com/L1h3PMnqN4

— Isabelle Baldwin 🌎🎞 (@BelleNoelPhoto) February 11, 2023

Commenting on this tweet thread, a person wrote, “Having a spouse that hate to be photographed and can’t take photos and don’t want to take a photos, seeing this, I wanna cry so bad.”

The thread also prompted people to share the pictures that they took of their loved ones or vice versa. Commenting on one such post, a Twitter user wrote, “I think my favorite part of this thread are the so-called “nonphotographers” sharing pictures of their partners. You all take amazing portraits of your love and they are beautiful.”