George Martin
(1926-2016), Record producer, arranger, composer and musicianSir George Henry Martin
Sitter in 4 portraits
Martin attended the Guildhall School of Music, subsequently working for the BBC's classical music department. He joined EMI Records in 1950, where he produced many hit records as head of EMI's label Parlophone Records. In 1965 he formed Associated Independent Recordings Ltd, and AIR Studios remains one of the world's leading recording studios. Martin produced almost all of The Beatles' records and scored the music for fifteen films. He won many accolades including six Grammy Awards and was Knighted in 1996.
Norman Parkinson photographing The Beatles with George Martin
by David Searle
modern matte bromide print, 12 September 1963
NPG x135759
by Michael Bennett
multiple exposure bromide print, 1990
NPG x131604
by Richard Faulks
bromide fibre print on cream paper, 11 August 1997
NPG x126109
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