Lewis Morley
(1925-2013), PhotographerSitter in 5 portraits
Artist of 308 portraits
Best known for his photographs of Christine Keeler and Joe Orton, Morley chronicled the new idols of sixties society in a style that captured the buoyant spirit of the times. He took up photography in 1954 and initially worked on magazines assignments for Tatler, Go! and She. Much of his work throughout the sixties was devoted to theatre photography, and he was introduced into the satirical scene of the early 1960s through his studio above Peter Cook's Establishment Club in Soho; this led on to photographing the cast of Beyond the Fringe and contributing photographs to Private Eye. Morley emigrated to Australia in 1971.
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Keith Spencer Waterhouse; Willis Hall
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1960
NPG P512(21)
'Beyond the Fringe' (Alan Bennett; Peter Cook; Jonathan Miller; Dudley Moore)
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1961
NPG P512(22)
Anthony Powell; Riccardo Aragno
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1963
NPG P512(19)
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1954
NPG x38903
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1959
NPG x87165
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1959
NPG x38901
Crispin Green; Lola Green (née Fielding); Terry Green
by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1959
NPG x125183
Tinka Paterson; Nicolette Elaine Katherine (née Harrison), Marchioness of Londonderry
by Lewis Morley
resin print, 1959
NPG x125250
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, 1960s
NPG x131806
Philip John Sutton with Jacob Sutton and Imogen Sutton
by Lewis Morley
bromide print, early 1960s
NPG x131811
Tinka Paterson and two unknown men
by Lewis Morley
gelatin silver print on black paper mount, 1960
NPG x201360
by Lewis Morley
resin print, early 1960s
NPG x88789
by Lewis Morley
resin print, early 1960s
NPG x88790
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87162
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87167
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87169
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87170
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87171
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, early 1960s
NPG x38960
Jim Dale as Vince Philpot with the Drags
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1960s
NPG x38921
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1960s
NPG x38925
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1960
NPG x38906
Terry Stanley Hamaton and an unknown woman
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1960
NPG x38904
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, early 1960s
NPG x38909
Tinka Paterson and two unknown men
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1960
NPG x38954
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1960s
NPG x38910
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