John Gay (1909-1999), Photographer
Sitter associated with 5 portraits
Artist of 276 portraits
Born Hans Gohler in Karlsrühe. He left Germany in 1933, and moved to England where he settled in Yorkshire and found work as a photographer. In 1939 he joined the Pioneer Corps with whom he served throughout Word War II. He decided to change his name to John Gay, after the poet and dramatist of Beggar's Opera fame. From 1942 he based himself in Highgate, London, and worked as a professional photographer. His work encompassed regular contributions to Country Fair and the photo-essays in The Strand magazine for which he also produced a number of portraits of literary personalities in the 1940s. He was celebrated as a photographer of railway stations, graveyards and country scenes.
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1948
NPG P701
by John Gay
quarter-plate glass negative, 1940s
NPG x128503
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1940s
NPG x128655
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127762
Graham Greene; Douglas Francis Jerrold
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127763
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127764
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127765
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127766
Alexander Stuart Frere (né Reeves)
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127767
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127768
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, published November 1947
NPG x127769
by John Gay
bromide fibre print, 1947
NPG x47296
Graham Greene; Douglas Francis Jerrold
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1947
NPG x47309
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, March 1947
NPG x127307
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, March 1947
NPG x127308
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 March 1947
NPG x127309
by John Gay
2 1/4 inch square film negative, March 1947
NPG x127310
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