1978, printed later
Terry O’Neill was one of the world’s most collected photographers, with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars, he photographed the frontline of fame for over six decades.
O’Neill began his career at the birth of the 1960s. While other photographers concentrated on earthquakes, wars and politics, O’Neill realized that youth culture was a breaking news story on a global scale and began chronicling the emerging faces of film, fashion and music who would go on to define the Swinging Sixties. By 1965 he was being commissioned by the biggest magazines and newspapers in the world.
No other photographer embraced the span of fame as O'Neill had, capturing the icons of our 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.
O’Neill photographed The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when they were still struggling young bands in 1963 and pioneered backstage reportage photography with David Bowie, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry. His images have adorned historic rock albums, movie posters and international magazine covers.
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(Biography provided by Hilton Asmus Contemporary)
Bruce Springsteen on the Sunset Strip, Los Angeles (Signed)
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 23/50, signed by Terry O'Neill. Includes black frame with white mat. Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galle...
Silver Gelatin
Elton John at Dodger Stadium (Signed)
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 40/50, hand-signed and numbered by Terry O'Neill. Includes black frame. Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art ga...
C Print
David Bowie Diamond Dog (Signed)
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 8/50, hand-signed and numbered on the recto by Terry O'Neill. Includes black frame. Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in nat...
Silver Gelatin
Naomi Campbell (Signed)
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 15/50 unframed print. Hand-signed by Terry O'Neill. Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private ...
C Print
Capital Chic
By Norman Parkinson
Located in New York, NY
Ed. of 21, estate-stamped. Includes white frame. Norman Parkinson was the preeminent fashion photographer in Great Britain from the late 1930s until his death in 1990. Born in 1913,...
C Print
Paul Newman and Lee Marvin (Signed)
By Terry O'Neill
Located in New York, NY
Ed. 45/50, signed by Terry O'Neill. Includes black frame. Terry O’Neill CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and privat...
Silver Gelatin
Terry O'Neill - The Who, Photography 1978, Printed After
By Terry O'Neill
Located in Greenwich, CT
Portrait of the band for the cover of their album ‘Who Are You’, Shepperton Studios, England, 1978. Signed and Numbered Lifetime Edition Gelatin Silver Print from the Terry O’Neill ...
Archival Paper, C Print
'Who Are You', Shepperton Studios, England
By Terry O'Neill
Located in Westwood, NJ
Terry O’Neill’s candid photojournalistic portraits of creative and political luminaries have included Brigitte Bardot, The Beatles, Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela, and Frank Sinatra, to name just a few, and have appeared on the covers of Life, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. Over the years O’Neill has formed close bonds with many of his sitters, evidenced by the intimate, snapshot-style nature of many of his photographs from the 1960s and ’70s. “I’m a reportage photographer, and I just like fading into the background,” says O’Neill. “The more discrete you are the better off you are.” Terry O’Neill is one of the world’s most collected photographers whose work hangs in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. For over six decades, he has photographed the front line of fame, from the greats of screen and stage to presidents, prime ministers and rock stars. Portrait of the band for the cover of their album 'Who Are You...
C Print
The Who, NYC 1976
By Bob Gruen
Located in Toronto, ON
Open and Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Prints Hand Signed by Bob Gruen Please contact us for inquiries of desired size: 8" x 10" Unframed Open Edition 11" x 14" Unframed Open Ed...
Silver Gelatin
The Who
By Colin Jones
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed by artist
Silver Gelatin
The Who #9
By Richard E. Aaron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Title: The Who #9 Artist: Richard E. Aaron Estate Edition: Hand numbered with estate chop mark in the margin, signature stamp on verso, archival pigment print ...
Archival Pigment
The Who-Rehearsal
By Ethan Russell
Located in Mount Pleasant, SC
The cover that became "Who's Next" was entirely improvised and unplanned. Who knew what these things were? This was another take. They were making it up as they went. Limited Editio...
Archival Pigment
