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David Steen
Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England, 1975 Limited Estate Print

1975 (printed later)

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Oliver Reed – Broome Hall, England, 1975 The legendary British actor and hell-raiser began his film career in the late 1950s. In 1968 he played the role of Bill Sikes in the aware-winning musical Oliver!, directed by his uncle Carol Reed. Shamelessly outspoken, he once explained, ‘I do not live in the world of sobriety’. He died during the filming of Gladiator in 2000 – having drunk three bottles of rum – leaving director Ridley Scott the multi-million pound task of digitally recreating Reed’s face for his remaining scenes in the film. Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold Paper size - 54 x 38 " / 137 x 97 cm Limited to 10 only this size All prints are bespoke and printed to order stamped and numbered by the Estate Copyright: © David Steen / The David Steen Archive David Steen’s introduction to photography was as a 15-year-old school leaver joining Picture Post where he had the good luck to be taken under the wing of the legendary Bert Hardy as an assistant. It was the ultimate training ground in photojournalism, and the launch pad for his career. David’s reunion with Picture Post after doing his National Service (as special photographer based in Eygpt, covering the major trouble zones) was short-lived. The magazine was losing ground and closed. He moved to Fleet Street, first to a bright new Mirror title, Woman’s Sunday Mirror, where incidentally he picked up First Prize in Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Best Pictures of the Year Award for his sequence of ‘Birth of a Baby’, the progress of a young woman delivering her own baby under hypnosis. He was 21, the youngest ever to be awarded this prize. There followed time as a staff photographer with The Daily Mail; Fleet Street was the hub of the world. Then on to freelancing…Queen magazine, Nova, the Sunday Times Magazine, international magazines around the world, over the years covering projects as diverse as riots in Harlem to a film set in Acapulco, a battered wives’ refuge to the Queen and family at Sandringham: the hopeless, the homeless, the glitterati. Trained on the maxim ‘every picture tells a story’ he has focused on film stars, actors, criminals, politicians, prime ministers and countless men, women and children going about their everyday lives. David Steen believes himself to be lucky. He thinks lucky; luck is being in the right place at the right time, having the luck to have a loving family and enduring friends and winning a three-year battle against cancer. Asked by aspiring photographers for his best advice, his stock reply is: ‘Get up early.’ David Steen † 1936 – 2015 Tags: british, actor, 1975, 70s, 1970s, the seventies, film star, legend, famous, fame, movies, hollywood, sex symbol, hellraiser, tough guy, the devils, gladiator, oliver, women in love, the curse of the werewolf, tommy, the three musketeers, castaway, sitting target, lion of the desert, broome hall
  • Creator:
    David Steen (1936 - 2015)
  • Creation Year:
    1975 (printed later)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 38 in (96.52 cm)Width: 54 in (137.16 cm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: ws1stDibs: LU381313647632

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