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John Davies on The British Landscape. Jane bown. Interactive: The complete Jane Bown: a lifetime in photographs. Jane Bown. Jane Bown (born 1925) is a British photographer[1] who has worked for The Observer newspaper since 1949.

Jane Bown

Her portraits of famous people have received critical acclaim. Personal life[edit] Bown was born in Dorset, and first worked as a chart corrector, which included a role in plotting the D-Day invasion. She studied photography at Guildford College under Ifor Thomas. Edwardian Modernist (1878-1972)

Lichfield

Cecil Beaton. Duffy. Terence donovan photographer. Terence Donovan (photographer) Plaque outside Terence Donovan's former studios Donovan was born in Stepney in the East End of London to Lilian Constance V.

Terence Donovan (photographer)

(née Wright) and Daniel Donovan,[citation needed] and took his first photo at the age of 15. From age 11 to 15 he studied at the London County Council School of Photoengraving and Lithography.[1] 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. Terence Donovan Archive.

Martin Parr

Snowdon.