Revered Observer photographer Jane Bown dies aged 89

[weltweit]

Observer newspaper photographer Jane Bown dies aged 89
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30570570
Photographer Jane Bown, known for her portraits of famous people including the Queen, the Beatles and Samuel Beckett, has died aged 89.

Revered Observer photographer Jane Bown dies aged 89
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/21/observer-photographer-jane-bown-dies-age-89
The magnificent Jane Bown, the Observer’s veteran and legendary photographer who recently said: “I spent my whole life worrying about time and light,” has died just four months short of her 90th birthday

Some of her portraits are here: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=o...niv&sa=X&ei=5gmXVI6mFMSAUf2igZgL&ved=0CE0QsAQ

 

[wayward bob]

a real talent. rip.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Lovely pictures. RIP.

Rochdale byelection, voters from a cotton mill wait to be addressed by one of the candidates, 1958

I love the facial expressions, and how you can read the crowd with the gossip and sideways glances.

 

[weltweit]

Review of "Looking for Light": Jane Bown
http://www.britflicks.com/review.aspx?filmid=2678
[an article and a short video]

 

[weltweit]

From the photos in g-imgs I figured this had to be Samuel Beckett.
Great shot and what a face!

 

[Orang Utan]

Good innings and all that but sad news all the same.
I love that Beckett portrait

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Belushi]

A great photographer, RIP.

 

[Orang Utan]

Love this one of Cilla

 

[Orang Utan]

This one of Simone Signoret is amazing. What a face.

 

[ChrisD]

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2014/04/30/gillian-darley/ten-minutes-with-jane-bown/

Sad to loose such a legend. . Sounds like she was a really nice person too...
I wonder what the guardian will do with such an amazing archive.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Lose not loose you philistine. Sorry but this particular mistake drives me mad. Superb pictures though.

 

[ChrisD]

whoops.... not sure if that was autocorrect or crappy phone keyboard let loose there... such things annoy me too - clearly I never read that post!

meanwhile in yesterday's Observer there were several articles about her...http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jane-bown