In the week that we lost Sidney Poitier, an early portrait of Denzel Washington, who became the second Black man to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor, in 2002. ⁠ Recently published from our Sygma archive, the American actor, director and producer was here on the cusp of his first Oscar win, Best Supporting Actor for 1989's 'Glory'.⁠ Follow our bio link for the latest highlights - including plenty of '80s fashion - from the many thousands of new historical images shared on gettyimages.com each month.⁠ 📷: Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty Images I circa 1989 I gettyarchive I #GettyImages #PreservingThePast #GettyArchive⁠ ⁠ #denzelwashington #sygma #sygmaarchive #billnation #photoarchive #archivephoto #1980s #80sfashion #1989 #cinemahistory #hollywoodhistory #moviehistory #Oscarshistory #theeighties #1980sfashion #blackhistory #UShistory #historyphotographed ⁠ ⁠