Jane Bown photographer
In the almost six decades that Bown worked for The Observer, she became renowned for insightful, highly individualistic portraits of the famous. Some of these portraits are now regarded as classics of the genre - Samuel Beckett, Queen Elizabeth II, The Beatles, Bertrand Russell, Mick Jagger and Margaret Thatcher. For the first time, she spoke candidly about her career and revealed how her very personal approach to the taking of portraits is informed by a deep sense of loss and abandonment. This private portrait is enhanced by a series of insightful interviews with Jane’s peers, family, colleagues, friends, and of course some of her subjects.
Michael Whyte
Director
Luke Dodd
Director
Love, Antosha74%
35 Up76%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
My Mom Jayne80%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Public Speaking70%
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon81%
56 Up72%
Nothing Like a Dame68%
A Plastic Ocean75%
That's Entertainment!73%
Hawking76%
David Bowie: Five Years75%
Milius70%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
