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Bryan Wharton; Tom Hawkyard and two unknown women

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Bryan Wharton; Tom Hawkyard and two unknown women

by Michael McKeown
bromide print, July 1972
11 in. x 14 5/8 in. (280 mm x 372 mm)
Given by Bryan Wharton, 2001
Photographs Collection
NPG x88888

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  • Tom Hawkyard, Picture Editor, 'The Times'. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • Bryan Wharton (1934-2020), Photographer. Sitter in 4 portraits, Artist or producer of 20 portraits.

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  • Michael McKeown (1930-1999), Photographer. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

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The always nattily-dressed photographer Bryan Wharton (left) poses on Hampstead Heath with the Times Picture Editor Tom Hawkyard (right) and two fashion models in a re-creation (to advertise swim wear) of Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe(1863). Taken by the Daily Express photographer Michael McKeown.

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Current affairs

Britain joins the European Community. After two attempts both vetoed by President Charles De Gaulle of France, Britain is finally accepted into the EC under the pro-European leadership of Edward Heath.
British soldiers shoot 14 unarmed protesters in the Bloody Sunday massacre. The men were part of a march through Londonderry, protesting about the policy of internment without trial.

Art and science

David Bowie releases The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; a classic glam-rock concept album with the themes of space aliens, gender ambiguity and rock 'n' roll superstardom.

International

The arrest of five men who were caught trying to bug the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee marks the beginning of the 'Watergate Scandal'. The scandal centred on attempts to spy on the Democratic opposition in order to help President Nixon's re-election, and finally led to Nixon's resignation two years later.
Black September Palestinian terrorists murder 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich.

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Chris Tregidgo

23 November 2018, 05:16

I am sure that 1939 was about four years after Bryan was born.