Jane Bown
(1925-2014), PhotographerSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 73 portraits
Born in 1925, Bown worked as a chart corrector in the Wrens, 1944-46. She was a student photographer at Guildford School of Art, 1946-50. Bown started her photographic career 56 years ago when her portrait of Bertrand Russell appeared in The Observer. Admired for her straightforward, naturally posed, black and white portraits usually taken with available light. Her published books include The Gentle Eye (1980) which was accompanied by a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 1980-81, Women of Consequence (1986), Men of Consequence (1987) and Faces (2000). In 1995 Bown was awarded a CBE for her outstanding contribution to photography.
by Jane Bown
bromide fibre print, 1975
NPG x128550
Richard Ingrams; Malcolm Muggeridge
by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1977
NPG x28623
Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1977
NPG x28631
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead
by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1977
NPG x28624
by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1977
NPG x28639
by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1979
NPG x28620
by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1979
NPG x126872
Dame Margaret Drabble; Anne Stevenson
by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1980
NPG x126935
Cecil Collins; Anthony d'Offay
by Jane Bown
gelatin silver print, 1981
NPG x133104
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Marion Bond
11 October 2017, 21:47
Jane (Mrs Moss) was my neighbour in Alresford. She took a lovely b&w photo of me for my 50th birthday and signed it. Naturally I was thrilled. I paid for the printing and she kept the negatives for her archive. Actually she took quite a few but I chose to enlarge 2 only.