Mark Seliger's greatest portraits - in pictures

Al Pacino, New York City, 1999
Shot for US Magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Barack Obama, The White House, Washington DC, 2010
Shot for Rolling Stone magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Bruce Springsteen, New York City, 2007
Shot for Bruce Springsteen Album Package Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Gisele Bündchen, New York City, 2000
Shot for Rolling Stone magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Jay Z, New York City, 2008
Shot for L'uomo Vogue Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Jimmy Carter, Atlanta, 2010
Published in Rolling Stone magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

John Malkovich, Sun Chemical, Los Angeles, 2008
Shot for GQ magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Johnny Depp, Madame Simon Residence, 2003
Shot for GQ magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Keith Richards, New York City, 2011
Shot for GQ UK magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Kurt Cobain, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1993
Shot for Rolling Stone magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Natalie Portman, New York City, 2010
Shot for French Elle magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Patti Smith, New York City, 2007
Shot for Rolling Stone magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Los Angeles, 1992
Shot for Rolling Stone magazine Photograph: Mark Seliger/ Beetles + Huxley