Hilary Swank by Norman Jean Roy, March 2005. Copyright: Norman Jean Roy.

LONDON.-The National Portrait Gallery, London, presents Vanity Fairs Portraits: Photographs 1913 – 2008, on view through May 26, 2008. Some of the greatest portrait photographs of the twentieth century were taken for, or published in, Vanity Fair. This remarkable selection of 150 classic images features works from the magazine's first period (1913­1936), displayed for the first time with works from the contemporary Vanity Fair (1983-present).

In the first period, celebrated subjects such as Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin and Jean Harlow are shown in portraits by legendary photographers, among them Edward Steichen, Cecil Beaton, Baron De Meyer, Man Ray and George Hurrell. From the magazine's re-launch in 1983, the works of photographers including Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Bruce Weber and Mario Testino are featured, depicting a wide range of subjects from Arthur Miller to Madonna.

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Jean Harlow by George Hurrell, 1934. Copyright: Estate of George Hurrell, courtesy of George Hurrell Jr. / Image Courtesy Condé Nast Archive.