David Steen Black and White Photography

Twiggy – at David Steen’s Home, Surrey, 1967 Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy. She was a British...

Rod Stewart – Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1976 Born in London in 1945, rock musician Rod Stewart always dreamt of being a professional football player, until he began touring with...

Elizabeth Taylor – Elstree Studios, England, 1963 Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery collection was renowned as one of the greatest ever assembled...

Alex ‘hurricane’ Higgins – Windmill Street Soho London 1972 David Steen recalls: “When I was about 13 or 14 I used to go to a snooker hall in the basement of the boxing gym owned b...

Dudley Moore & Peter Cook – London, 1972 “This was meant to be a fashion shoot of the two comedians wearing clothes selected by a magazine’s fashion editor. Needless to say we were ready and waiting and the stylist informed me that the clothes hadn’t turned up. I went into the dressing room to break the news to Pete and Dud, but they were already in a state of undress. ‘Where do you want us?’ they said.” Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold Paper size - 24 x 18 " / 61 x 46 cm Limited to 48 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: dudley moore, actor, pianist, arthur, bedazzled, 10, ten, bo derek...

Pete Townshend – Smoking Joint, Twickenham, London, 1977 Guitarist and songwriter with British rock band The Who. Townshend’s trademark windmill action and smashing of guitar on s...

Joan Collins – the Stud, Limousine, London, 1978 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once s...

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...

Sean Connery – County Wicklow, Ireland, 1973 David Steen recalls: “Sean looked like a killer that day, all dressed in black, the sort of bad boy you’d see in an old western movie,...

Cliff Richard – Signing Autographs, on Tour, April, 1964 Born in India in 1940, Cliff Richard is the only singer in history to have UK Number One hits in five decades (from 1950s-...

Rudolf Nureyev – Applying His Make-up for the Filming of ‘valentino’, London, 1976 Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no ...

Roger Moore - Ocha Rios, Jamaica 1972 David Steen recalls: “Filming for Roger’s first Bond movie, Live and Let Die began in New Orleans and moved on to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Cubby B...

Twiggy and John Steed (Patrick Macnee) Lesley Lawson (born 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer widely known by the nickname Twiggy....

Edition of 50. Elizabeth Tayor is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photograp...

Edition of 50. Lee Marvin is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photography wa...

Edition of 50. Sean Connery is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photography ...

Edition of 50. The Rolling Stones is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photog...

Edition of 50. David Steen recalls: “Ringo was becoming known for character spots in feature films, in Blindman as a vicious kidnapper – he had tired of pl...

Edition of 50. Pete Townsend is a striking portrait, on fibre paper, from iconic 20th Century photographer David Steen. Steen’s introduction to photography was as a 15-year-old scho...