Lord Snowdon
(1930-2017), Photographer, film-maker and designer; former husband of Princess MargaretAntony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Sitter in 22 portraits
Artist of 285 portraits
Photographer and designer. Armstrong Jones first began to take photographs while studying at Cambridge, encouraged by his uncle, the stage designer and artist Oliver Messel. After working as an apprentice to society photographer Baron (1906-56), he opened his first studio in 1952. He established his reputation by photographing theatre, fashion and society subjects, and became an official Royal photographer. In 1960 he married HRH the Princess Margaret, and was subsequently ennobled, taking the title Earl of Snowdon. He was photographer for The Sunday Times (1962-90), Vogue (from 1964) and the Telegraph Magazine (since 1990). He established the Snowdon Award Scheme (now Snowdon Trust) for disability projects in 1981.
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 7 September 1971
NPG P1927
Margot Fonteyn; John Cyril Cranko
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 4 January 1972
NPG P1865
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 21 December 1972
NPG P1899
Kingsley Amis; Elizabeth Jane Howard
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 6 December 1973
NPG P1845
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 21 March 1974
NPG P807
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 17 January 1974
NPG P1851
Sir Max Mallowan; Agatha Christie
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 1974
NPG P1859
Dame Edith Evans (Dame Edith Mary Booth)
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 27 February 1976
NPG P806
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 17 June 1976
NPG P1841
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 18 February 1976
NPG P1910
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 12 March 1976
NPG P1911
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 25 March 1977
NPG P798
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 16 January 1978
NPG P833
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 19 November 1978
NPG P835
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 13 September 1978
NPG P1901
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 5 September 1978
NPG P1925
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 11 January 1979
NPG P801
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 26 July 1979
NPG P818
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 19 June 1979
NPG P1847
(Archibald) Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 12 January 1979
NPG P1857
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 4 June 1979
NPG P1880
Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell of Easington
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 18 January 1979
NPG P1920
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 22 March 1979
NPG P1932
Lady Antonia Fraser; Sir Michael Holroyd
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 29 April 1980
NPG P808
Jacquetta Hawkes; J.B. Priestley
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 29 May 1980
NPG P817
Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 10 July 1980
NPG P829
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 20 November 1980
NPG P830
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 7 April 1980
NPG P844
John Campbell Wells; (Gladys) Mary Wilson (née Baldwin), Lady Wilson of Rievaulx
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 3 June 1980
NPG P845
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 3 April 1980
NPG P1872
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 5 March 1980
NPG P1887
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 29 May 1980
NPG P1907
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 26 November 1980
NPG P1908
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 18 November 1981
NPG P800
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 10 November 1981
NPG P826
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 27 July 1981
NPG P1867
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 13 March 1981
NPG P1881
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 15 December 1981
NPG P1900
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 30 July 1981
NPG P1903
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 23 July 1981
NPG P1913
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 28 July 1982
NPG P804
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 8 May 1982
NPG P831
Dame Rebecca West (Cicily Isabel Andrews (née Fairfield))
by Lord Snowdon
vintage bromide print, 9 February 1982
NPG P846
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 6 April 1982
NPG P1846
Related People
- Margaret Elizabeth (née Roberts), Lady Armstrong-Jones (grandmother)
- Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones (grandfather)
- Ronald Owen Lloyd Armstrong-Jones (father)
- Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) (daughter)
- Princess Margaret (wife)
- Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (uncle)
- Anne Parsons (née Messel), Countess of Rosse (mother)
- David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (son)
- Susan Anne Vesey (née Armstrong-Jones), Viscountess de Vesci (sister)
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Toby Madrigal
22 November 2016, 21:11
I've read interesting things about this chaps approach to portraiture in his studio: for example, he likes tension, discourages chatting and keeps a rack of plain blue shirts for male sitters to wear if he disapproves of their clothes. Cameras: for formal portraiture in the studio - Hasselblad 500CM. For location and photojournalism - Leica M series. Also champions the rights of disabled people.