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TERRY O’NEILL WITH THE ENGLISH BAND, THE SEARCHERS

In Piccadilly London, circa 1963

From award-winning photographer, the legendary Terry O’Neill, comes a new book featuring rare and unseen images, mainly culled from his extensive ‘vintage print’ archive.

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THIS WAS HOW WE WORKED.

I’D DO FIVE, SIX JOBS A DAY –BECAUSE I WAS YOUNG – AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKING. IN THE EARLY DAYS, YOU’D COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND GET YOUR PICTURES DEVELOPED – MAKE QUICK DECISIONS ON WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THE SHOT – STAMP, STAMP, STAMP – AND THEN ON TO THE NEXT JOB

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TERRY O'NEILL

THE BEATLES WITH HAROLD WILSON Stamped on the back 20 March 1964

DAVID BAILEY WITH CHRISSIE SHRIMPTON

“Most people know Jean [Shrimpton] but Chrissie was at the top of her game, too. A wonderful model. I think these were probably taken around 1964-5 – [David] Bailey was fast becoming a ‘celebrity’ photographer, one of the first to do so. Suddenly the papers were asking for photos of a photographer.”

RAQUEL ON ROLLER SKATES

For the 1972 movie Kansas City Bomber. In an interview, Raquel Welch, already a household celebrity name who co-produced the film, said she wanted to do a film “about women who were athletes, and damn good athletes… and they got beaten up pretty good.”

ROMY SCHNEIDER

TERRY O’NEILL RARE AND UNSEEN

Terry O’Neill is one of the greatest living photographers with work displayed and exhibited globally at first-class museums and fine art galleries. His iconic images of Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Brigitte Bardot, Faye Dunaway and David Bowie – to name but a few – are instantly recognisable the world over.

Now, for the first time, O’Neill selects a range of images that will surprise and delight collectors and all lovers of photography from his extensive archive of “vintage prints.”

Long before the age of digital, photographers would send physical prints to the papers and magazines. These prints were passed around, handled by many, stamped on the back, and often times captioned. After use, the prints were either filed away, thrown out or – for the lucky few – sent back to the photographer or their photo agencies.

When Terry O’Neill started at the dawn of the 1960s, physical prints were the norm. Terry kept as many as he could that were sent back to him. “I just kept everything, I don’t know why. Back then, there wasn’t really a reason to keep them. Photos were used straight away and then I just moved on to the next assignment. No one was thinking these would be worth anything down the line, let alone fifty years later.”

Presented in a high-end edition, these rare and unseen images from Terry O’Neill’s archive will feature photos of The Beatles, Robert Redford, Sharon Tate, Carrie Fisher, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Raquel Welch and a host of other famous and well-known names. Featuring commentary by Terry O’Neill and others throughout, this will be a great addition to any collector’s bookcase.