John Hedgecoe
(1932-2010), PhotographerArtist associated with 23 portraits
John Hedgecoe joined Queen magazine as staff photographer straight from art college in 1957. In 1965, he established the Photography Department at the Royal College of Art, where he was Professor of Photography from 1975 to 1994. His photographs have appeared in publications such as Queen, Harper's and Queen, the Observer, The Times and the Sunday Times. He was the author of numerous books including Portraits (2000), which formed the basis of a display at the National Portrait Gallery.
by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1960
NPG P777
Playwrights (John Mortimer; Norman Frederick Simpson; Harold Pinter)
by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1960
NPG P781
Agatha Christie; Sir Max Mallowan
by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1969
NPG P771
Sir (Bertram) Clough Williams-Ellis
by John Hedgecoe
cibachrome print, 1969
NPG P780
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