John Swannell

Patrick Lichfield, David Bailey and Terence Donovan

About this artwork

Here we see three of the best known British photographers of the twentieth century. Bailey (1938) and Donovan (1936 – 1996) are two of the photographers known for capturing London in the 1960s; photographing the life of celebrity and high fashion. The third, Lichfield (1939 – 2005), is perhaps best known for taking the official photographs at the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1981. All three emerged as photographers at a time when celebrity culture was at its height and became celebrities themselves. This photograph was taken for an Olympus advert.

Updated before 2020

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John Swannell

John Swannell