Terry O'Neill (British, 2019)

Terry O’Neill (British, b.1938) is an English photographer known for his documentation of the fashion, style, and celebrities of the 1960s. He attracted attention for photographing his subjects in unconventional or candid settings. O’Neill began his career working for the photographic unit for an airline at Heathrow Airport, where his image of the home secretary Rab Butler earned him a position at the national tabloid newspaper the Daily Sketch.

O’Neill achieved critical and commercial success during the 1960s, photographing celebrities such as Judy Garland, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, as well as members of the British Royal Family, and several prominent politicians, showing a more natural and human side to these subjects than was typically portrayed.

Among his most famous images are the now-famous color and black and white shots of then-girlfriend Faye Dunaway at dawn on March 29, 1977, lounging next to the swimming pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel the morning after winning the Academy Award for Network, with several newspapers scattered around her and her Oscar statuette prominently shown on a table beside her breakfast tray. A black and white shot from the series hangs in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, England.

He has held exhibitions at the Getty Image Gallery in London, the San Francisco Art Exchange, and Leeds Gallery.

Timeline

1938
Born in London, UK