Simon Claridge | Terry O'Neill: Diamond Dust

age from Winston Churchill to Nelson Mandela, from Frank Sinatra and Elvis to Amy Winehouse, from Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot to Nicole Kidman, as well as every James Bond from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. He photographed The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when they were still struggling young bands in 1963, pioneered backstage reportage photography with David Bowie, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry and his images have adorned historic rock albums, movie posters and international magazine covers. He was awarded The Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal in 2011, placing him among only a dozen elite and eminent figures to receive it ‘in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography’.

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