The Catcher in the Rye

Portrait of American author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J. D. Salinger</a> photographed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Jacobi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lotte</a> at Atelier Jacobi in New York City, October 11, 1950 (source: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www2.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/1701/lotte-jacobi-1.phtml" target="_blank"></a>). The photo was used as an author portrait on the first-edition dust jacket of Salinger's 1951 novel . It was removed from subsequent editions of the novel at the author's request.
Note that the photo was flipped horizontally when it was published on the back cover. That means the back cover actually presented a mirror image of Salinger, not his true appearance; this image is the "unflipped" correct version. Other <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://innovation.unh.edu/license-technology/lotte-jacobi-images-j-d-salinger" target="_blank">recently published</a> photos from the same session show that Salinger had several freckles or moles on his face (the most noticeable is on his right cheek, close to his nostril.) These appear to have been airbrushed from the back cover version of the portrait, but note that they are also missing from the "original" copy; every other photo from these sessions shows them.

J.D. Salinger

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