Huysmans And Knorozov

My perpetual Favorite Author Photo Ever is that of Joris-Karl Husymans, the French writer of a "novel" with only one character and no plot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Huysmans.jpg

But I think this shot of Russian linguist Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov just took over the top spot:

http://minaev.blogspot.com/2007/11/november-19-in-russian-history.html