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Bryan Wharton; Michael Ward; Michael Seymour

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Bryan Wharton; Michael Ward; Michael Seymour

by Maud Sulter
colour polaroid print, 26 October 2001
29 1/8 in. x 22 in. (740 mm x 560 mm)
Given by Terence Pepper, 2005
Photographs Collection
NPG x128267

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  • Michael Seymour (1932-2018), Photographer, production designer and painter. Sitter in 2 portraits, Artist or producer of 22 portraits. Identify
  • Michael Ward (1929-2011), Photographer. Sitter in 2 portraits, Artist or producer of 63 portraits. Identify
  • Bryan Wharton (1934-2020), Photographer. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist or producer of 20 portraits.

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  • Maud Sulter (1960-2008), Photographer, writer and poet. Artist or producer of 9 portraits.

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Beginning their careers in the Swinging Sixties, Wharton, Ward and Seymour captured icons such as Michael Caine, Julie Christie and Germaine Greer at the outset of their careers. From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s Michael Ward worked for the Sunday Times, where he met Bryan Wharton, another of the star photographers who helped raise the visual impact of the paper, under the editorship of Harold Evans. As photographer for Scene magazine, Seymour chronicled many of the leading players of the time before pursing a career in the film industry. The three photographers were captured here at the opening of the National Portrait Gallery display Sixties Style.

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Current affairs

Labour wins a second landslide general election victory campaigning on improvements to public services based on private finance projects. The Conservative party proved itself to be out-of-touch by ignoring public services and campaigning on the issue of Britain's membership of the EU. The day after the election William Hague resigned as leader of the Conservative Party.

Art and science

The Eden Project opens in Cornwall. The eco-centre, conceived by Tim Smit, replicates tropical and temporal climates and houses plants from all over the world in two domed biomes. The project is both a large-scale scientific experiment to study the environmental changes in different biomes over time, and a visitor attraction teaching the public about the natural environment.

International

On 11th September (9/11) America comes under foreign attack for the first time since Pearl Harbour when Islamic Fundamentalist terrorists hijack four planes, flying two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, and one into the Pentagon; the fourth plane crashed in a field.
George Bush launches his 'War on Terror' by invading Afghanistan to overthrown the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda.

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