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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
Crespi And Mastroianni 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Crespi And Mastroianni 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (left, 1928-2010) and Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (right, 19241996) in conversation...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Supergiant - C3PO Star Wars Archival Pigment Print - Framed in gold gilt
Located in London, GB
Super Giant Oversize - C3PO Star Wars Archival Pigment Print
1977 by Geoff Wilkinson / Mirror Trinity Group Archive
size :
71 x 45.5" inches / 180 x 116 cm paper size
print type ...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Bohemian Barracks 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bohemian Barracks 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Artistic denizens gather in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1968. Clockwise from left...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz 1949 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
1949: American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
20 ...
Category
1940s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Positano Beach, 1979 - Italian Riviera Amalfi Coast Crystal Azure Waters
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Positano Beach, 1979 - Italian Riviera Amalfi Coast Crystal Azure Waters by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Posita...
Category
20th Century American Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Oasis 1995 - signed limited edition
By Jill Furmanovsky
Located in London, GB
Catalogue No: OA056JF
Artists: Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher
Location: Slane Castle, Ireland
Date: 22nd July 1995
Era: The 1990's
Edition: hand signed Limited Edition
17/50
Print type: Giclée Print
Paper type: Archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag
printed this year
Oasis performing at Slane Castle in 1995 as the support for REM. Fourteen years later they would headline the festival.
paper size 61 x41 cm / 24 x 16 inches
© Jill Furmanovsky
Slane Castle, Ireland. 22 July 1995
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
'I feel blessed to have photographed so many extraordinary musicians over my 50-year career. Their music formed a soundtrack to my life and has inspired my work. This exhibition at Proud is homage to their magical gifts. ‘No Music No Life’ says it all.' Jill Furmanovsky
Her legacy is profound.' Gail Buckland (guest curator and author of 'Who Shot Rock & Roll - Brooklyn Museum)
'She reveals you to yourself.' Nile Rodgers (Chic)
'Through the honesty of Jill’s work, we are brought closer to the frailty and humanity of celebrity.' (Neville Brody, designer of The Face Magazine)
'Jill is one of my favourite photographers of all time.' Jools Holland
Jill Furmanovsky body of work exudes at its heart her love of music and unique ability to capture its vibrancy and spirit throughout her career. Her intimate and candid shots of Oasis reflect her close relationship with the band during their zenith.
Rockarchive founder, Jill Furmanovsky, was born and brought up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Her parents moved to London in 1965 when she was eleven. As a teenager, she became a Beatles fan and often stood outside Abbey Road Studio hoping to catch sight of them. Her first rock shot was of Paul McCartney and two school friends taken on a Kodak Instamatic outside of his home in St. John’s Wood.
Jill studied textile and then graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design in London. In January 1972, whilst on a two-week block course in photography, she had a lucky break when she was offered a job as in-house photographer for premier rock venue, The Rainbow Theatre. From then on, she took live shots and features for the music press of the day of the 1970’s and 80’s, including NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Smash Hits and The Face. In the 1990s Jill became the main photographer for Oasis.
Jill has won many awards for her music photography including The Jane Bown...
Category
1990s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Derby Spectator' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Derby Spectator
A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive)
Silver gelatin fibre print
12 x 16" p...
Category
1920s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Michael 1987
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
George Michael
London 1987
George Michael was a British pop superstar known for his powerful voice, songwriting talent, and hits like "Faith" and "Careless Whisp...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Let’s Twirl 1954 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Las Brisas Hotel 1968 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Film stars Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwarz) and his wife Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison) enjoying a dance at a Beverly Hills party he...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Race Day Lunch 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Race Day Lunch 1963 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963.
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alice in Acapulco - Alice Topping Poses by Pink Flowers and Palm Trees
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Alice in Acapulco - Alice Topping Poses by Pink Flowers and Palm Trees by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Alice i...
Category
20th Century American Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Skiers in Gstaad - Ski Resort Switzerland Fashion Photography Winter Snow Sports
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Skiers in Gstaad - Ski Resort Switzerland Fashion Photography Winter Snow Sports by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Late...
Category
20th Century Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
Young Velvets Vogue 1949 Limited Edition Estate Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Young Velvets, Young Prices photoshoot, 1949
Limited Edition Print
by Norman Parkinson
Three velvet-capped women huddle in gossip as another looks on during an October 1949 Vogue ...
Category
1940s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Saint-Tropez Swimmer 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Saint-Tropez Swimmer 1971 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A topless swimmer in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stam...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Sunbathing In Antibes' 1976 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sunbathing In Antibes'
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper siz...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Swimming Pool Architecture Kaufmann House Palm Springs
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Palm Springs Pool, 1970 - Swimming Pool Architecture Kaufmann House Palm Springs by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
Category
20th Century American Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Verbier Skier, 1964 - Blonde Skier Polishes Skis on Snowy Mountain Ski Slopes
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Verbier Skier, 1964 - Blonde Skier Polishes Skis on Snowy Mountain Ski Slopes by Slim Aarons
16" x 20" print
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
Ve...
Category
20th Century American Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
National Danish Gymnastics Team: Earth #4
Located in London, GB
Toned silver gelatin print (printed 2003), signed, dated and numbered (verso), edition '20/25', 33cm x 26cm (image size), (49cm x 41cm framed). (N.B. although this is an edition of 2...
Category
1990s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Feather" - underwater photography, metallic pearlpaper contemporary mounted
By Kathleen Wilke
Located in Dallas, TX
"Feather" is an underwater female swimmer with red hair, dropping a yellow feather.
C Print on Fuji Pearl, Perspex mounted
30H x 32L x 1W inches
Edition of 10
Kathleen Wilke blurs the lines of poetry and fiction through her underwater photography...
Category
2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
'Hats And Braces' 1985 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
'Hats And Braces' 1985
by Alain le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Young Mennonite men from Orthodox communities in a horse-drawn buggy , Belize, Central America, J...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
'El Venero' 1967 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'El Venero'
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150 ...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Family Pool - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Family Pool - Estate Stamped
Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois.
Gorgeous pr...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vail' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964.
Produced from the original tr...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
'Pussyfooting' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Pussyfooting'
Actress Dee Hartford, wife of film producer Howard Hawks, sips a Pussyfoot - a mixture of Jamaican fruit juices, Jamaica, 1958.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 ...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Great Harbour Cay' 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Great Harbour Cay'
A horseshoe beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim ...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Fishing Boats' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Fishing Boats'
A fisherman in his boat at a Sicilian harbour, 1975.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Prin...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Catherine Wilke 1980 Slim Aarons Premium Collection Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke 1980
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Pho...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
The Light - signed limited edition Oversize print
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
The Light 2022
by Blank Barbie
A young lady reveals her swimwear at an all male crowd on a Bikini competition TV show in the 1980s.
Blank Barbie is a ...
Category
2010s Pop Art United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolside - Signed and Numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Poolside
by Blank Barbie
pop artwork of a couple by a swimming pool.
paper size 40x30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
unframed - framing available just ask
Archival pigment print
signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
'At The Fair' 1972 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
By Alain Le Garsmeur
Located in London, GB
'At The Fair' 1972
by Alain Le Garsmeur
Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
An African Caribbean mother and daughter seeing the sights at a funfair on Hampstead Heath, London, E...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
William S Burroughs, by Robert Mapplethorpe
By Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in London, GB
Gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in
24.9 x 20.1 cm
Printed by Radar Publikationen and Edition K.L.A.G. credit stamps verso. Photographers credit stamp verso.
Print pulled from por...
Category
20th Century Conceptual United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Les Vacances I by James Sparshatt. C-type print mounted to aluminium. Framed
By James Sparshatt
Located in Coltishall, GB
Les Vacances I
The west coast of France is a place to eat delectable oysters, drink fine wines and walk along endless beaches in the glare of the summer sun. The Atlantic swell and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Verbier View' 1964 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Verbier View'
Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964.
16x16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Dolores Del Rio
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mexican film star Dolores Del Rio (1905 - 1983, right) poses with a friend in Acapulco, Mexico, 1952
Gorgeous print measuring 40 x 40" inches / ca 101 x 101 cm’s paper size.
Est...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Bermudan Hostess
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bermudan Hostess
Polly Trott Hornburg in front of her father’s typical Bermudian house. She is wearing her own design of Thaibok slacks and shirt for a ride in an open carriage, Be...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Gorgeous Ginger' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Gorgeous Ginger'
Ginger Rogers in 'Swing Time,' 1936.
A gorgeous portrait of the American actress, dancer, and singer.
(photo The Everett Collection )
A beautiful silver gelatin...
Category
1930s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Poolside In Kenya' Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside In Kenya
A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958.
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 20" inches / ca 76 x 51 cm's.
Estate Stamped Collection Edit...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Gorgeous Ginger' (Limited Edition)
Located in London, GB
'Gorgeous Ginger'
Ginger Rogers in 'Swing Time,' 1936.
A gorgeous portrait of the American actress, dancer, and singer.
(photo The Everett Collection )
A beautiful silver gelatin...
Category
1930s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marina Piccola 1954 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marina Piccola, 1954
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954.
30x20” / 76x51 cm - paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Angus Young AC/DC 1976
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Angus Young AC/DC
Angus Young of AC/DC London, 1976 shoot was later used for album sleeve cover
Angus Young is the electrifying lead guitarist of AC/DC, recogniz...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Maybe I Did Love Him ? - signed and numbered
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Maybe I Did Love Him ?
by Blank Barbie
pop art work of the iconic 1970s model and actress Jaclyn Smith famous for starring in the TV show Charlie's Ange...
Category
2010s Contemporary United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Blissful Bahamas 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the p...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Scottsdale Home 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Scottsdale Home 1973 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Guests by the pool at the home of Wayne Beal in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 1973.
16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm paper size
Estat...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sardinian Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sardinian Holiday 1967 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967.
24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm paper size
...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Polo Party' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Polo Party'
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to right: Adam Bu...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Monza Grand Prix (1954) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by David Lees/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
British racing champion Stirlin...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Britt Ekland Sunbathing by The Pool 1979 Limited Estate Print
By David Steen
Located in London, GB
Britt Ekland Sunbathing by Pool
1979
Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print
Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold
Paper si...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Army Of Caine
by B A T I K
Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role.
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...
Category
2010s Surrealist United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Sports Car Couple 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Sports Car Couple 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
John Bryant with his AC sports car in Kinnerton Place, London SW1. His passenger is Margaret McAulay. Circa 1955.
20 x 20" inche...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Beach At Saint Tropez 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beach At Saint Tropez 1977 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977. (photo Slim Aarons)
30 x 40" inches / 76 x 101 cm paper size
Estate S...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tom Waits on Portobello Road, 1976 Limited Estate Print
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
© Michael Putland
Tom Waits on Portobello Road
Tom Waits walking on Portobello Road, London, 1976
Tom Waits is an iconic American singer-songwriter known for his gravelly voice, e...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nicely Coiffed - Woman Outside Restaurant and Poodle Outside Hairdresser
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Woman Outside Restaurant and Poodle Outside Hairdresser, where "coiffeur" is French for hairdresser.
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed La...
Category
20th Century American Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Verbier Vacation Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Verbier Vacation
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Color
Boy Wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh
By Patrick Lichfield
Located in Maidenhead, GB
Patrick Lichfield (1939-2005)
Officially Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
Boy Wearing a Palestinian Keffiyeh, c. 1960
Gelatin silver print
38 x 29.1 cm.
Provenance:
Patrick Lichfield, who gifted to Hugh Myddelton Biddulph (1995-2021);
Passed to Gaia Servadio (1938-2021);
By descent to Orlando Mostyn-Owen (b. 1973);
Private Collection, United Kingdom.
This charming portrait expresses a moment of universal tenderness, the young boy grinning with a charismatic ease, his eyes lit with recent laughter. A cultural insight is provided by the Palestinian keffiyeh which he wears loosely around his head, a traditional and deeply sybmolic headdress worn in arid regions of the Middle East. Prior to the 1930s, keffiyeh were worn by rural workers, whereas city residents and the educated elite wore the Ottoman tarbush (or fez). However, during the 1936-39 Arab revolt in Palestine, rebel commanders ordered all Arabs to wear the keffiyeh. The black and white design as seen in the present photograph was popularised in the 1950s, after Sir John Bagot Glubb wanted to distinguish his Palestinian soldiers from the Jordanians (whose keffiyeh were red and white). The alternating pattern represents economically and culturally significant olive leaves, while the fish net motif symbolises fishing and the sea.
The photograph is one taken by Lichfield on a visit to the Empty Quarter with his lifelong friend Hugh Myddelton Biddulph, of Chirk Castle, Wales. The sand desert encompasses most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, and the visit was one of Lichfield’s earliest to the Middle East, which he would revisit throughout his career (particularly Dubai). The pair travelled through the region on a Mini Moke, carrying basic supplies and sleeping in a teepee. The photograph was left after Myddelton’s death to his second wife Gaia Servadio, the eccentric Italian journalist, writer, and first mother-in-law to Boris Johnson. After her death in 2021, it passed to her artist son Orlando Mostyn-Owen, and later into a private British collection.
Patrick Lichfield was born in 1939, the son of Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson, and Anne Bowes-Lyon, later Princess Anne of Denmark. After seven years in the Grenadier Guards, Lichfield began his career as a photographer’s assistant in 1962 to Kasterine and Michael Wallis, after which he earned a five-year contract with American Vogue; he benefited greatly from his access to the royal family, since Queen Elizabeth was his maternal first cousin. In 1981 he took the official photograph for the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Although best known for his portraits of the royal family, Lichfield’s celebrity portraits included Yves Saint Laurent, Jane Birkin, Cecil Beaton, David Hockney, Kate Bush, Ian McKellen, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley...
Category
1960s United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons 'George Hamilton' Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton'
American actor George Hamilton holidays in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1977.
60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collect...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Empress by Barry Cawston 120x100cm C-type Photographic Print Only
By Barry Cawston
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Empress cinema building in Manchester before its demise
–
Cawston’s Concrete Jungle is not a vision of the ultramodern, of orderly skyscrapers with comfortable interiors. It is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons 'Courchevel' 1970 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Courchevel'
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
Category
1970s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Merle Oberon 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Merle Oberon 1958 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai, in the garden of their home in A...
Category
1950s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Count And Countess Jaime De Mora Y Aragon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Count and Countess (nee Margit Ohlson) Jaime de Mora y Aragon with their dogs at their farm near Marbella...
Category
1980s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Jackie K 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jackie K 1961 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Jacqueline Kennedy (Jackie Onassis) (1929 – 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy at an ‘April in Paris’ ball.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm ...
Category
1960s Modern United Kingdom - Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
