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Francis Goodman

(1913-1989), Photographer

Sitter in 6 portraits
Artist of 1400 portraits
Born Francis Julian Gutmann in London but brought up in Germany, Gutmann returned with his German-Jewish family to England in 1931 aged eighteen, where he worked as an apprentice with advertising photographer Shaw Wildman. Gutmann also printed for Cecil Beaton and worked with Peter Rose-Pulham, later taking over Rose-Pulham's studio in Berkeley Square. His portraits appeared in the British edition of Harper's Bazaar and The Sketch. From 1940, he changed his name to Goodman, and during the 1940s and 1950s his images appeared in Tatler and Bystander.

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Barbara Bentley (née Hastings), by Francis Goodman - NPG x68804

Barbara Bentley (née Hastings)

by Francis Goodman
half-plate film copy negative, 1932
NPG x68804

Cecil Beaton, by Francis Goodman - NPG x68801

Cecil Beaton

by Francis Goodman
film copy negative, 1933
NPG x68801

Katja Krassin, by Francis Goodman - NPG x137250

Katja Krassin

by Francis Goodman
photo mechanical reproduction, 1933
NPG x137250

Anna May Wong, by Francis Goodman - NPG x68812

Anna May Wong

by Francis Goodman
half-plate film copy negative, 1933
NPG x68812

Anna May Wong, by Francis Goodman - NPG x68811

Anna May Wong

by Francis Goodman
5 x 4 inch film negative, 1933
NPG x68811

Gertrude Lawrence, by Francis Goodman - NPG x68807

Gertrude Lawrence

by Francis Goodman
5 x 4 inch film negative, 1934
NPG x68807

Unknown fashion model, by Francis Goodman - NPG x137228

Unknown fashion model

by Francis Goodman
vintage bromide print, circa 1935
NPG x137228

Unknown fashion model, by Francis Goodman - NPG x137227

Unknown fashion model

by Francis Goodman
vintage bromide print, circa 1936-1937
NPG x137227

Unknown fashion model, by Francis Goodman - NPG x137226

Unknown fashion model

by Francis Goodman
vintage bromide print, circa 1936-1937
NPG x137226

Glyn Warren Philpot, by Francis Goodman - NPG x12737

Glyn Warren Philpot

by Francis Goodman
vintage bromide print, 1937
NPG x12737

Glyn Warren Philpot, by Francis Goodman - NPG x12738

Glyn Warren Philpot

by Francis Goodman
vintage bromide print, 1937
NPG x12738

Lady Mary Lygon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195046

Lady Mary Lygon

by Francis Goodman
tear sheet, published 27 March 1940
NPG x195046

Zika Ascher; Lida Ascher, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195053

Zika Ascher; Lida Ascher

by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1940s
NPG x195053

Lida Ascher, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195054

Lida Ascher

by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1940s
NPG x195054

Zika Ascher; Lida Ascher, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195116

Zika Ascher; Lida Ascher

by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 1940s
NPG x195116

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