From Vulture:
Robert Downey, Jr., 1985
Kevin Spacey, 1986
Alec Baldwin, 1986
Marisa Tomei, 1986
Frances McDormand, 1986
Naomi Watts,1986
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, 1992
Will Arnett, 1995
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Naomi Watts looks totally different. And RDJ was the man, even back then.
Andrew Brucker was a young, New Yorkbased fashion photographer in 1982 when he got a call that would change his career: A manager asked if he would do some head shots for one of her clients. I said no, it wasnt my thing, says Brucker. A lot of people looked at head shots as the poor cousin of glamour photography. So she challenged him to make them better. Which Brucker did, transforming the head shot into something as rich and lush as the old-school, black-and-white portraits of Hollywood masters like George Hurrell. Before long, every serious young actor in New York wanted the Brucker treatment, including Robert Downey Jr., Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Will Arnett, Kerry Washington, and Marisa Tomei. He still takes head shots, though he misses the early days, when actors were a little less business and a lot more punk. Winona Ryder was just 14 when she showed up, alone, without an entourage: Nowadays I have mothers making arrangements for their 20-year-olds. Everyone was a little looser back then." Andrew Brucker has published his best before-they-were-stars photographs in his new book 8X10 (FVW; $39.00). You can find sixteen of them here.
Robert Downey, Jr., 1985
Kevin Spacey, 1986
Alec Baldwin, 1986
Marisa Tomei, 1986
Frances McDormand, 1986
Naomi Watts,1986
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, 1992
Will Arnett, 1995
More at the source.
Naomi Watts looks totally different. And RDJ was the man, even back then.