Terry O'Neill

About this book

The ultimate record of the work of a world-class photographer Capturing the iconic candid and unguarded moments of the famous and the notorious Terry ONeill is one of the worlds most celebrated and collected photographers. No one has captured the frontline of fame so broadly - and for so long. For more than 50 years he has photographed rock stars and presidents royals and movie stars at work at play in private. He pioneered backstage reportage photography with the likes of Frank Sinatra David Bowie Sir Elton John and Chuck Berry and his work comprises a vital chronicle of rock and roll history. Now for the first time an exhaustive cataloguing of his archive conducted over the last three years has revisited more than 2 million negatives and has unearthed unseen images that escaped the eye over a career spanning 53 years. Similarly his use of 35mm cameras on film sets and the early pop music shows of the 60s opened up a new visual art form using photojournalism to revolutionize formal portraiture. His work captured the iconic candid and unguarded moments of the famous and the notorious - from Ava Gardner to Amy Winehouse from Churchill to Nelson Mandela from the earliest photographs of young emerging bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace. O Neill spent more than 30 years photographing Frank Sinatra amassing a unique archive of more than 3 000 Sinatra negatives. Add to that the magazine covers album sleeves film poster and fashion shoots of 1 000 stars and Terry ONeill - comprises the most compelling and epic catalogue of the age of celebrity.