Bob Collins (1924-2002), Photographer
Sitter in 5 portraits
Artist of 193 portraits
Collins's first illustrated article appeared in Amateur Photographer in 1952. Four years later he left his job as a watchmaker to pursue a career in photojournalism working primarily in show business. Collins documented the rise of singers and radio and television performers such as Tony Hancock, Tommy Steele and Shirley Bassey for Picture Post, Illustrated and Everybody's Magazine. He also wrote and contributed illustrated articles for photographic magazines. In 1982 the Royal Photographic Society held a retrospective exhibition of Collins' work entitled Double Image.
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, circa 1950s
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by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1950s
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Frankie Vaughan and Petula Clark
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1950s
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Frankie Vaughan's 30th Birthday at the Palace Theatre
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1950s
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Frankie Vaughan's 30th Birthday at the Palace Theatre
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1950s
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Wee Willie Harris with his mother
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
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Wee Willie Harris with his mother
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
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by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
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by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
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Wee Willie Harris with his mother
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, circa 1950s
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Catherine ('Kathy') Sykes; Eric Sykes; Susan Sykes
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
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Catherine ('Kathy') Sykes; Eric Sykes; Susan Sykes
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
NPG x136436
Alfred Edward ('A.E.') Matthews
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1950s
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by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1950s
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By Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1956
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by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1956
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by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1956
NPG x136322
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1956
NPG x136346
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