Bob Collins
(1924-2002), PhotographerSitter in 5 portraits
Artist of 220 portraits
In 1956 Collins left his job as a watchmaker to pursue a career as a freelance photojournalist. Working primarily in the field of popular entertainment, he documented the rise of singers and radio and television performers. His work frequently appeared in Picture Post, TV Mirror and Everybody's Magazine and he contributed illustrated articles for a number of photographic magazines. Focusing on spontaneous human-interest subjects, Collins favoured Microcord, Super Ikonta and Rolleiflex cameras and almost always used electronic flash. In 1982 the Royal Photographic Society held a retrospective exhibition of Collins' work entitled Double Image.
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1956
NPG x136347
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1956
NPG x136588
Richard Todd; Catherine Stewart Crawford Todd (née Grant-Bogle)
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1956
NPG x136593
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1956
NPG x136594
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1956
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by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1956
NPG x136731
by Bob Collins
bromide fibre print, 1956
NPG x35148
by Bob Collins
bromide fibre print, 1956
NPG x35157
by Bob Collins
modern bromide fibre print from original negative, 1956
NPG x35158
by Bob Collins
selenium-toned bromide print from original negative, 1957
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by Bob Collins
selenium-toned bromide print from original negative, 1957
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by Bob Collins
selenium-toned bromide print from original negative, 1957
NPG x128716
Richard Bernard ('Stinker') Murdoch
by Bob Collins
bromide fibre print, 1957
NPG x35154
by Bob Collins
modern bromide print from original negative, 1957
NPG x35146
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1958
NPG x35160
The Most Brothers (Mickie Most; Alex Wharton)
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1958
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The Most Brothers (Mickie Most; Alex Wharton)
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1958
NPG x127203
The Most Brothers (Alex Wharton; Mickie Most)
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1958
NPG x127204
The Most Brothers (Alex Wharton; Mickie Most)
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1958
NPG x127205
The Most Brothers (Mickie Most; Alex Wharton)
by Bob Collins
vintage print, 1958
NPG x127206
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