David Bowie: Icon Captures the Star Man’s Unique Image David Bowie’s image was as much a part of his art as was his music. In a luxurious new book, photographers including Terry O’Neill capture images of the rock icon Image top of page: David Bowie © Janet Macoska Many of us will have experienced a ‘WTF?!’ moment on first seeing David Bowie performing on Top of the Pops in 1972. In his Ziggy Stardust persona,...
Classic star portraits by some of the world’s greatest photographers are on show at Iconic Images Gallery in London from Thursday 3rd December 2020 – 28th February 2021. Iconic Image Gallery’s new exhibition Blow-Up brings visitors face-to-face with some of the most iconic faces in history and takes a look at the careers of the most ground-breaking, influential photographers who shot them. Subjects include a dazzling array of 20th century icons, from John Lennon to...
Terry O’Neill CBE and Bran Symondson, ground-breaking photographers from different eras, collaborate on a provocative new collection titled Hollywood Re-loaded, to be unveiled at Annabel’s, London, on 30th September 2019. Hollywood Re-loaded is described as “a bold and brash reinvention of Terry O’Neill’s portraits of Hollywood icons posing with guns”. Portraits of stars like Michael Caine, Bridget Bardot and Roger Moore, each with a firearm in hand, are pockmarked by bullets fired by ex-Special Forces...
Images by one of Britain’s leading celebrity photographers, Terry O’Neill, shown at the recent exhibition at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London, remind us of Terry O’Neill’s unique ability to encapsulate the essence of the many celebrities he captured on film during the last fifty years. Terry O’Neill was born in the East End of London and left school in 1952, aged 14, with the firm ambition of becoming a jazz drummer. He was already...
