Derek Allen (1925-)
Artist associated with 50 portraits
Allen was born in Reigate, Surrey and was introduced to photography through a fortuitous game of golf between his school Maths master and local photographer Frank Woods. On the strength of this experience he moved to Carlton Studios in London where he worked for three years, taking still lives for trade magazines before joining the RAF. In the early 1950s Allen found premises for a studio in St. James's, London, and was encouraged to start taking photographs of conductors and music-related people. With this body of work he was approached by EMI and asked to work for them directly which he continued to do for the remainder of his long career.
by Derek Allen
bromide print, 1948
NPG x24101
by Derek Allen
chlorobromide print, 1952
NPG x75848
Enid Blyton; Bunny May as Noddy
by Derek Allen
bromide print, 1953
NPG x32792
by Derek Allen
bromide print, 1954
NPG x32799
Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss
by Derek Allen
bromide print, 1954
NPG x24103
by Derek Allen
bromide print, 1954
NPG x24105
by Derek Allen
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1954
NPG x75850
London
Surrey
