Terence Donovan
(1936-1996), Photographer and film directorTerence Daniel Donovan
Sitter in 4 portraits
Artist of 21 portraits
At fifteen Terence Donovan began working in the photographic department of a Fleet Street printers. He gained his first experience with a camera while on National Service, when he was able to augment his army pay with the sale of cheerful postcards with such titles as Catterick by Moonlight. By the time he was twenty-one he was working as an assistant to the leading fashion photographer John French; four years later he had set up a studio of his own. In later years Donovan's assignments and commissions included the engagement photographs of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, as well as official studies of Margaret Thatcher and the Princess of Wales.
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1986
NPG P716(1)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1986
NPG P716(2)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1986
NPG P716(3)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1986
NPG P716(4)
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1986
NPG P716(5)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1986
NPG P716(6)
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1986
NPG P716(7)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1987
NPG P716(8)
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1987
NPG P716(9)
Prince Charles; Diana, Princess of Wales
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1987
NPG P716(10)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1990
NPG P716(11)
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1990
NPG P716(12)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1990
NPG P716(13)
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1990
NPG P716(14)
by Terence Donovan
colour print, 1990
NPG P716(15)
Six photographers with their favourite models
by Terence Donovan
modern bromide print, 1960s
NPG x135756
by Terence Donovan
modern bromide print, 1961
NPG x135732
by Terence Donovan
modern matte bromide print, 1965
NPG x135743
by Terence Donovan
bromide print on card mount, 21 January 1983
NPG x127163
by Terence Donovan
bromide print, 1987
NPG x29862
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