Frank Herrmann

ORSON WELLES black and white silver gelatin photograph 16x12

1984

Frank Herrmann is widely regarded as one of the outstanding photo-journalists of the latter part of the 20th Century joining the Sunday Times in 1962 on a retained freelance basis before becoming a full member of staff in 1980. His illustrious career contained many highlights including the Paris riots of ’68, The Beatles at Abbey Road studios in ’67, The War of independence in Rhodesia in ’66, The Yom Kippur War in ’73, The Presidential Elections of ‘75 (Jimmy Carter) on set photos of the first Bond film, Dr No, in ’62, on set photos of the first episode of The Saint with Roger Moore in ‘62, The Playboy Club in London in ’65, Jean Shrimpton at home with David Bailey in ’63 as well as numerous sporting occasions such as the Wimbledon Final of ‘80 ( Borg vs McEnroe) and countless F.A. Cup Finals including Spurs vs Man City in ’81. The many famous faces in his portfolio include Francis Bacon, William Burroughs, Arthur Miller, Maggie Smith, Tony Curtis, Winston Churchill, Harold Macmillan, Jackie Kennedy, Henry Moore, Orson Welles, John Lennon, Duke Ellington, Bob Geldof, Sean Connery, Luciano Pavarotti, Princess Diana, Margaret Thatcher and H.M. The Queen. His many books include the Glory Game, Great Britain - A Celebration. With Geldof in Africa and Portrait Photography and as a contributing photographer to Summer of Love - the Making of Sgt Pepper. In 2021 he released his first limited edition series of archival pigment ‘imprimed’ prints under the banner Icons of the 1960’s, which included unseen pictures of Sean Connery on set of Dr.No, Roger Moore filming the first episode The Saint in ’62, along with new colorised versions of his Beatles photos from the Genesis publication Summer of Love - the Making of Sgt Pepper. Also included are rare and unseen original contact sheets of his work on set of Dr.No, The Saint, Jean Shrimpton at home and The Beatles at Abbey Road studios in ’67. Each edition is limited, signed, stamped and numbered by Herrmann himself.