NPG P373; Samuel Beckett - National Portrait Gallery
WEBBeckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature and he became a highly influential figure within his own lifetime. Jane Bown (b.1925) began her photographic career, and her long association with the Observer, when the newspaper published her portrait of Bertrand Russell in 1949. She is admired for her straightforward, naturally posed ...
A Reluctant Subject: Portraits of Samuel Beckett - The New Yorker
WEBDec 3, 2013 · Jane Bown’s photograph of Beckett emerging from the shadow of a theatre door was taken under slightly more duress. She had been sent by The Observer to photograph Beckett while he directed...
Jane Bown - Wikipedia
WEBJane Hope Bown CBE (13 March 1925 – 21 December 2014) was an English photographer who worked for The Observer newspaper from 1949. Her portraits, primarily photographed in black and white and using available light, received widespread critical acclaim and her work has been described by Lord Snowdon as "a kind of English Cartier-Bresson ."
Jane Bown: Photographer who joined 'The Observer' in 1949 and …
WEBDec 22, 2014 · Among her best known work is a photograph of Samuel Beckett taken in 1976 which captures perfectly his gnarled face. It was the third of five frames. Made a CBE in 1995, she requested the...
Jane Bown: Finding Pictures - Photogpedia
WEBMar 21, 2021 · One of Bown’s most recognizable photos – the portrait of Samuel Beckett in 1976 – was one of those jackpot pictures. The photo of the playwriter was taken in an alleyway at the back entrance of the Royal Court Theatre.
Jane Bown: The Observer, a retrospective exhibition for the esteemed ...
WEBJun 25, 2018 · This famous portrait of playwright Samuel Beckett was captured in an alleyway at the back entrance of the Royal Court Theatre, where he was apprehended by Jane as he tried to escape her lens. He reluctantly allowed her to expose three frames; she managed five before he strode off.
New Writing: On Jane Bown - Photoworks
WEBShe cornered the notoriously camera-phobic Samuel Beckett in a dark alleyway down the side of the Royal Court theatre in London as he tried to evade her lens. With simmering hostility, he stood long enough for Jane to expose five frames.
Jane Bown (1925–2014) - Royal Collection Trust
WEBHer portraits include those of Samuel Beckett (1906–89), Princess Margaret (1930–2002), Judi Dench (b. 1934), Princess Anne (b. 1950) and The Beatles. Throughout her long career Bown maintained the same working methods.
NPG x28615; Samuel Beckett - National Portrait Gallery
WEBJane Bown (1925-2014), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits. Events of 1976. Current affairs. Harold Wilson unexpectedly resigns as Prime Minister and is replaced by Leonard James Callaghan.
Proud Galleries Holds Jane Bown Retrospective
WEBFeatured within the exhibition is her revered portrait of notoriously camera-shy Samuel Beckett, captured in a dreary back entrance to the Royal Court Theatre in London.
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