Some voices are iconic. Maria Callas is the one female singer I could listen to all day. And stay moved. Tosca. Norma. Greatness!
But there is a small story to be told about this iconic 1956 Callas picture by Cecil Beaton:
The whole picture:
Maria Callas, source
This is why the picture is iconic:
Gisele Bundchen, source
Meryl Streep, source
And then there is this Greta Garbo picture, by Clarence Sinclair Bull, for the 1931 MGM motion picture Mata Hari:
Greta Garbo, source
So now we see:
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By Andy Warhol, Source
Angela Gheorghiu, source