About this title: Snowdon (then Tony Armstrong-Jones) started taking photographs professionally when he came down from Cambridge in 1950. It was his uncle and mentor, the stage designer Oliver Messel, who encouraged him to take theatre photographs. At that time theatre photography was dominated by Angus McBean and Houston Rogers, whose work he greatly admired. However, theatrical productions were moving from the drawing rooms of the home counties to the "kitchen sink" and "angry young men". Snowdon used a small camera, using available light, and often worked during performances. He printed huge twenty-foot ...
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Pavilion, UK
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781857939194ISBN:1857939190
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 157 pages. Photos, colour and b&w. Simon Callow overviews British theatre from 1954-1996. For over 40 years Snowdon has been commissioned to photograph virtually everyone working in the theatre: directors, actors, and playwrights. In the early days, he used a small camera and available light and often worked during performances. He printed huge 20 foot enlargements (an innovation) which were displayed outside the theatre and which had more impact than ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pavilion, London
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9781857939194ISBN:1857939190
Description: 1857939190. 4to (10" x 12 1/2"), 157pp. Vg++/vg++. Illustrated white d/jkt, unclipped; light wear; a trifle marked. White boards, clean and bright; b/w + colour photos. Signed by Snowdon on half-title page; introductory essay by Simon Callow. Great photography of most of the leading (mostly British) actors and actresses in performance, in rehearsal, and casually, from the 1950s-90s. ISBN 1857939190. First edition.; Signed by Author. read more
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