presented Here Uncropped And In Their Full Glory, These Photographs Show Why Jane Bown Has Been Hailed As The Natural Successor Of Cartier-bresson And As One Of The Uk's Preeminent Portrait Photographers   in This New Collection, Jane Brown's Astonishingly Candid Photographs Are Artfully Presented, And Behind-the-scenes Unpublished Pictures That Hit The Newsroom Floor Are Finally Revealed. Working Almost Exclusively In Black And White And With Natural Light, Jane Produces Images That Reveal The Private Side Of Her Famous Subjects. She Works Quickly, Unobtrusively, And Decisively, Often Snatching Great Pictures Under Impossible Circumstances. She Has An Unerring Instinct For Capturing The Telling Moment, Even In The Midst Of A Media Assault Or Rushed In Mid-interview. At Every Shoot, Jane Takes Numerous Wonderful Studies, But The Definitive Image Is Usually Chosen By The observer Picture Editor, Sometimes On The Basis Of Something As Arbitrary As How Much Space Was Available On The Page. Here, Jane's Photos Finally Get To Speak For Themselves.
library Journal bown Has Photographed Celebs For London's Observer For More Than 60 Years. Early On She Ditched Her Rolleiflex 120 Camera For A Pair Of 35 Mm Olympus Om1s And Operated Exclusively In Black And White, Which, She Found, Conferred A Natural Harmony On The Subject, While Rejecting Color As Noisy And Distracting. Also Forgoing Flash, She Exposed All Her Portraits In Natural Light. She Captured Everyone From Bette Davis To Bono, Often Catching Her Subjects Off Guard. Covering 1949 2006, The Wide-ranging Pics Mostly Reflect U.s./uk Actors (lauren Bacall, Robert De Niro, Holly Hunter, Groucho/michael Caine, Richard Harris, Boris Karloff), Singers (boy George, Mick Jagger, Lennon And Mccartney), And Writers (tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Evelyn Waugh), But, Of Course, British Royalty (queen Elizabeth Ii) And Politicos (margaret Thatcher) Are Also Represented. Verdict Does The World Need Another Celebrity Portrait Book? No, But This Is A Damn Nice One If You've Got Room—and Money—for Another. Star Gazers And Black-and-white Photography Devotees Will Find This Delightfully Browsable.—mike Rogers, Library Journal

Portraits

Bown, Jane

Guardian Business Services

Guardian Newspapers Ltd

London: Guardian Books

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

PT, 2010

Includes index.

Presented here uncropped and in their full glory, these photographs show why Jane Bown has been hailed as the natural successor of Cartier-Bresson and as one of the UK's preeminent portrait photographers In this new collection, Jane Brown's astonishingly candid photographs are artfully presented, and behind-the-scenes unpublished pictures that hit the newsroom floor are finally revealed. Working almost exclusively in black and white and with natural light, Jane produces images that reveal the private side of her famous subjects. She works quickly, unobtrusively, and decisively, often snatching great pictures under impossible circumstances. She has an unerring instinct for capturing the telling moment, even in the midst of a media assault or rushed in mid-interview. At every shoot, Jane takes numerous wonderful studies, but the "definitive" image is usually chosen by the Observer picture editor, sometimes on the basis of something as arbitrary as how much space was available on the page. Here, Jane's photos finally get to speak for themselves.

Working almost exclusively in black and white and with natural light, Jane Bown produces astonishingly candid photographs that reveal the private side of her famous subjects. This collection not only presents Jane's well-known shots, it also goes behind the scenes to reveal unpublished pictures - the ones that hit the newsroom floor.

xii, 224 pages : 27 cm
Includes index

2023-06-28