Sarah Miles
2 of 3 portraits by Joanne O'Brien
© Joanne O'Brien
Sarah Miles
by Joanne O'Brien, for Format Photographers
modern bromide print, August 1985
15 in. x 10 in. (382 mm x 254 mm) image size
Purchased, 2009
Photographs Collection
NPG x133128
Artistsback to top
- Format Photographers, Photographic Agency. Artist or producer associated with 22 portraits.
- Joanne O'Brien, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 3 portraits.
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- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (sitter's home, West London)
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- Format Photography Agency 1983 - 2003 (21 January 2010 - 8 August 2010)
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Current affairs
55 people die in the Manchester air disaster when a British Airtours Boeing 737 bursts into flames after an aborted takeoff at Manchester International Airport.Art and science
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organise Live Aid, a rock concert in London and Philadelphia, to raise funds for famine relief. The biggest names in popular music, including Paul McCartney, Queen, Status Quo, The Police, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, U2, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, performed to a TV audience of 1.5 billion.The British Antarctic Survey discovers a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica.
International
Reformer Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power as first secretary of the Soviet Communist party. He calls for 'glasnost' (openness) in Soviet life, and pursues a policy of 'perestroika' (reconstruction).French intelligence operatives sabotage Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace vessel. The ship was leading a protest against French nuclear testing in New Zealand when it was bombed and sunk, killing one of the twelve on board.
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