Bryan Ferry

1 portrait of Bryan Ferry

© Estate of Bob Carlos Clarke/ The Little Black Gallery

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Bryan Ferry

by Bob Carlos Clarke
bromide print, 1996
18 7/8 in. x 14 in. (480 mm x 355 mm) image size
Given by the estate of Bob Carlos Clarke, 2013
Photographs Collection
NPG x137389

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  • Bryan Ferry (1945-), Musician, lead singer and songwriter for 'Roxy Music'. Sitter in 10 portraits.

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  • Bob Carlos Clarke (1950-2006), Photographer. Artist or producer of 10 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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The largest ever IRA bomb is detonated in Manchester causing the destruction of many buildings and over 200 injuries. Nobody died in the incident because a warning was given and the area evacuated. After the bombing much of Manchester was rebuild and in 1998 it won a successful bid to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana finalise their divorce after four years of separation.

Art and science

The Spice Girls enjoy massive popular success with their first single Wannabe going straight to Number 1. The group are remembered as much for their sassy, outspoken 'girl power' attitude and their continuing subsequent celebrity as for their music.
Danny Boyle tells the story of a group of Edinburgh heroin addicts in his critically acclaimed film version of Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting.

International

The First Chechnya War breaks out between Chechnya and Russia when Russian forces invade the country in support of Chechnyan opposition to the government. The invasion went badly with strong Chechnyan resistance and dissent in the Russian command. However, a truce was finally established after Russia seized the capital Grozny. More than 46,000 people died as a result of the conflict.

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Graham V Smith

06 October 2015, 17:14

Commissioned by Graham V Smith at No Excuses for the 1997 Powergen Calendar and shot in the lift outside Bob's studio in Battersea. Bryan Ferry was shot in the corner of a mirrored lift (specially installed for the shoot) to give a series of reflections trailing back to infinity. The image captures the essence of the calendar quotation (Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors), not only demonstrating the loneliness, but also reflecting on the strange way that our behaviour changes in the confines of a lift.