{"product_id":"jane-bown-observer-9780500278918","title":"Jane Bown  Observer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJane Bowns photographs are telling  distinctive and completely unaffected. She admits to no technique other than an uncluttered approach and a firm belief in the use of natural light. Such immediacy  coupled with a unique sensitivity towards her subjects  has resulted in a lifetime of intuitive and expressive images. This book selects from the whole range of her photography during the forty-five years she has worked for Londons Observer  starting with scenes typical of the fifties and ending with others characteristic of the nineties. The portraits  sandwiched between these and forming the body of the book  themselves range widely - from such proven classics as those of Samuel Beckett  Mick Jagger and John Gielgud  to early studies of the Beatles and recent photos of Alan Bennett  Archbishop Tutu  Boy George and Woody Allen among a great variety of famous people in the worlds of music  literature  stage  screen  politics and the arts. Singly and collectively they reveal the compassion  perceptiveness and humor of Jane Bowns vision both as public and private observer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67909453709365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500278911","price":66.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500278918.jpg?v=1793908284","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/jane-bown-observer-9780500278918","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}