Jane Bown (1925-), Photographer
Sitter associated with 7 portraits
Artist of 71 portraits
Born in 1925, Bown worked as a chart corrector in the Wrens, 1944-46. She was a student photographer at Guildford School of Art, 1946-50. Bown started her photographic career 56 years ago when her portrait of Bertrand Russell appeared in The Observer. Admired for her straightforward, naturally posed, black and white portraits usually taken with available light. Her published books include The Gentle Eye (1980) which was accompanied by a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 1980-81, Women of Consequence (1986), Men of Consequence (1987) and Faces (2000). In 1995 Bown was awarded a CBE for her outstanding contribution to photography.
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(1)
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(3)
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(4)
Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(5)
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(7)
John Davan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(8)
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(9)
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