PhotoA pattern hidden in plain sight. A theme and its variations. A witty signature. Al Hirschfeld had his NINAs: those oh-so-limber capital letters of his daughter’s name that he slid between strands of hair and folds of fabric in his theater caricatures. Once in a while you might also discern a visual theme tying these otherwise disparate images together — circles, for example, or shades of red and orange.

Source: New York Times August 15, 2017 11:37 UTC