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Daniel Farson

(1927-1997), Photographer and writer

Sitter in 6 portraits
Artist of 47 portraits
Art critic, writer of memoirs, 1950s television personality and photojournalist for Picture Post and Harper's Bazaar. Farson is best known as a chronicler of Soho in the 1950s.

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(Basil) Kingsley Martin, by Daniel Farson - NPG P289

(Basil) Kingsley Martin

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1950s
NPG P289

Nina Hamnett, by Daniel Farson - NPG P288

Nina Hamnett

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1952
NPG P288

Richard Burton, by Daniel Farson - NPG P293

Richard Burton

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1953
NPG P293

Cyril Connolly; Lady Caroline Blackwood, by Daniel Farson - NPG P290

Cyril Connolly; Lady Caroline Blackwood

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1954
NPG P290

John Osborne, by Daniel Farson - NPG P292

John Osborne

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1956
NPG P292

Joan Littlewood, by Daniel Farson - NPG P291

Joan Littlewood

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1963
NPG P291

Somerset Maugham, by Daniel Farson - NPG x46630

Somerset Maugham

by Daniel Farson
bromide print on card page, 1947
NPG x46630

Somerset Maugham, by Daniel Farson - NPG x46631

Somerset Maugham

by Daniel Farson
bromide print on card page, 1947
NPG x46631

Frank Auerbach, by Daniel Farson - NPG x25194

Frank Auerbach

by Daniel Farson
semi-matte bromide print, July 1948
NPG x25194

Lord David Cecil, by Daniel Farson - NPG x22188

Lord David Cecil

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x22188

W.H. Auden, by Daniel Farson - NPG x46629

W.H. Auden

by Daniel Farson
vintage contact sheet, 1950s
NPG x46629

Warren Chetham-Strode, by Daniel Farson - NPG x46632

Warren Chetham-Strode

by Daniel Farson
glossy bromide print, 1950s
NPG x46632

Lionel Bart, by Daniel Farson - NPG x25198

Lionel Bart

by Daniel Farson
glossy bromide print, 1950s
NPG x25198

Kenneth Peacock Tynan, by Daniel Farson - NPG x25197

Kenneth Peacock Tynan

by Daniel Farson
semi-matte bromide print, 1950s
NPG x25197

Wee Georgie Wood, by Daniel Farson - NPG x22195

Wee Georgie Wood

by Daniel Farson
glossy bromide print, 1950s
NPG x22195

Danny La Rue, by Daniel Farson - NPG x22191

Danny La Rue

by Daniel Farson
vintage contact sheet, 1950s
NPG x22191

John Deakin, by Daniel Farson - NPG x135676

John Deakin

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x135676

John Deakin, by Daniel Farson - NPG x135677

John Deakin

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x135677

Henry Williamson, by Daniel Farson - NPG x22193

Henry Williamson

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1950s
NPG x22193

Trevor Howard (Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith), by Daniel Farson - NPG x22190

Trevor Howard (Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith)

by Daniel Farson
bromide print, 1951
NPG x22190

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