2 December 2012 Last updated at 12:35 ET

Big Picture: 2012 Kennedy Center Honourees

Recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honours

Ballerina Natalia Makarova is caught unawares by a photographer at the US State Department on Saturday. She was there to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honours, alongside members of Led Zeppelin and Dustin Hoffman. The picture shows (top row, L-R) Former president Bill Clinton, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, David Letterman and (bottom row L-R) Hillary Clinton, Buddy Guy, Natalia Makarova and Dustin Hoffman.

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