Godfrey Argent
(1937-2006), PhotographerSitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 799 portraits
Argent began his photographic career while serving with the Household Cavalry; he subsequently became a royal photographer, taking portraits of, among others, the Prince of Wales at eighteen and Princess Anne at sixteen. In 1967, having purchased the business of portraitist Walter Bird, Argent was appointed as the official photographer for the National Photographic Record at the National Portrait Gallery. He was also the official photographer for the Royal Society and had a long-running assignment to produce portraits of the stars of The Mousetrap as the cast changed. A Godfrey Argent award to promote the careers of young photographers was set up in 2007.
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 December 1968
NPG x166118
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 2 December 1968
NPG x166119
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 27 February 1968
NPG x166120
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 17 September 1968
NPG x166121
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 7 February 1968
NPG x166122
John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 5 February 1968
NPG x166123
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 29 May 1968
NPG x166124
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, photomontage, 7 June 1968
NPG x88049
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x1172
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x1381
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x29215
Sir Lewis Thomas Casson; Sybil Thorndike
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 5 January 1968
NPG x5707
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x6332
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x950
Sir Peter William Beckwith Ashmore
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x186073
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x186811
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 27 May 1968
NPG x52
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1 July 1969
NPG x88182
Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 25 February 1969
NPG x163391
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1 July 1969
NPG x163419
Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 12 February 1969
NPG x163432
Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 12 February 1969
NPG x163433
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1969
NPG x163436
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 11 September 1969
NPG x163469
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 11 September 1969
NPG x163470
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 11 September 1969
NPG x163471
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 8 October 1969
NPG x163583
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 25 April 1969
NPG x163675
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 25 April 1969
NPG x163676
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 4 February 1969
NPG x163677
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 26 February 1969
NPG x163778
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 March 1969
NPG x163780
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 30 July 1969
NPG x163781
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 13 October 1969
NPG x163834
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 22 September 1969
NPG x163858
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 27 February 1969
NPG x163862
Jacqueline du Pré; Daniel Barenboim
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 27 August 1969
NPG x163881
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 27 August 1969
NPG x163882
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 14 July 1969
NPG x163944
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1969
NPG x163945
Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1969
NPG x163949
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 March 1969
NPG x165019
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 5 December 1969
NPG x165032
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 16 September 1969
NPG x165125
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 24 March 1969
NPG x165250
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 26 March 1969
NPG x165284
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 21 November 1969
NPG x165318
(Anna) Dora Gaitskell (née Creditor), Baroness Gaitskell
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 21 November 1969
NPG x165372
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 18 November 1969
NPG x165373
Sir Alan Hunter Cachemaille Boxer
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 30 October 1969
NPG x165414
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 23 April 1969
NPG x165416
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 21 October 1969
NPG x165428
Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 17 July 1969
NPG x165431
Sir John Arthur (Jack) Brabham
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 13 October 1969
NPG x165438
John Ulick Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 19 February 1969
NPG x165441
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1 May 1969
NPG x165498
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1 May 1969
NPG x165499
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1 May 1969
NPG x165500
John ('Jock') Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 7 October 1969
NPG x165540
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 2 December 1969
NPG x165543
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Susan Motlagh
13 August 2021, 22:25
Bernard Godfrey was my father
I’m not sure I can help as I was young when he was successful
Very proud of my father!
Susan Motlagh
13 August 2021, 22:30
No, no specifics except that he held the highest responsibility for his work.
Was passionate about his work and I, his daughter, held him in high regard.