John Piper

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John Piper

by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 16 October 1963
11 7/8 in. x 15 in. (303 mm x 382 mm) paper size; 10 1/2 in. x 15 in. (266 mm x 382 mm) image size
Given by Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, 2013
Primary Collection
NPG P1958

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Photographing Piper the year after his commission, with Patrick Reyntiens, to produce stained glass for the Baptistery Window of Coventry Cathedral, Snowdon paid tribute to the influence of English church architecture in Piper's art by depicting him at work in the churchyard of St Anne's, Limehouse.

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Current affairs

The Secretary of State for War, John Profumo is found to have lied to the House of Commons when he denied having an affair with the showgirl, Christine Keeler. The Profumo Affair was a public scandal for the Conservative party, and ultimately contributed to the resignation of Harold Macmillan.

Art and science

Doctor Who is first broadcast on the BBC with William Hartnell playing the Doctor. This long running science fiction series about an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his police-box-shaped Tardis has been watched by generations of viewers (often from behind the back of the sofa), and features imaginative, but traditionally low-budget, special effects, innovative electronic music, and the Doctor's greatest enemy, the Daleks.

International

John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Texas. The arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald for his murder did not prevent a score of conspiracy theories involving Cuba, the CIA, the KGB, and the Mafia among others.
Martin Luther King delivers his 'I have a dream' speech, marking an important moment in the civil rights movement in America and helping to secure him the Nobel Peace Prize' in 1964.

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