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| Terence Donovan snippet |
| Along with David Bailey, he captured, and in many ways helped create the Swinging London of the 1960s: a culture of high fashion and
celebrity chic. Both photographers socialised with actors, musicians and royalty, and found themselves elevated to celebrity status. Together,
they were the first real celebrity photographers. |
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| Terence Donovan |
| Terence Donovan (Sept 14, 1936 – Nov 22, 1996), was a celebrated photographer and film director, best remembered for his fashion
photography of the 1960s. |
| He was born in Stepney in the East End of London, and took his first photo at the age of 15. The bomb-damaged industrial landscape of his
home town became the backdrop of much of his fashion photography, and he set the trend for positioning fashion models in stark and gritty urban
environments. Flats and gasometers were popular settings, and he often had the models adopt adventurous poses. He wedged one model up the side
of a building, and photographed another as she posed dangling from a parachute. |
| Along with David Bailey, he captured, and in many ways helped create
the Swinging London of the 1960s: a culture of high fashion and celebrity chic. Both photographers socialised with actors, musicians and
royalty, and found themselves elevated to celebrity status. Together, they were the first real celebrity photographers. |
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