Photographic New York present Starsthe largest American exhibition and the first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the late British photographer Terry O’Neill (1938-2019). The selection of 110 works on display spans six decades (1960s to 2010s) of O’Neill’s fine art photography, from crisp portraits to playful behind-the-scenes snapshots.
“Name a world celebrity from the second half of the 20th century, and there’s a good chance that person posed for Terry O’Neill’s camera,” said Johan Vikner, director of world exhibitions at Fotografiska and l one of the organizers of the exhibition. “No one has been able to get as close to the stars as Terry O’Neill. From the 1960s until his death in 2019, he took portraits of countless Hollywood stars, music legends, fashion icons and athletes, earning him the title of one of the world’s most esteemed photographers. in the world. Stars showcases O’Neill’s extraordinary ability to capture fame from the front lines.
The trajectory of Terry O’Neill’s photographic practice began in earnest in 1960 with his role as a photographer for the English newspaper The Daily Sketch. In this capacity, he documented the emergence of British youth culture which eventually led him to photograph for leading publications such as Vogue, Rolling Stone et Vanity Fair. The 1960s brought success to O’Neill, photographing rock stars to royalty with images that would come to characterize the ‘Swinging Sixties’. Early works in the exhibition include new and emerging names such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and for several years he accompanied famous musicians backstage on tours, including Elton John and David Bowie.
“Terry O’Neill made his breakthrough as a photographer around the same time pop culture was exploding in the 1960s and he became close to many of these stars before they rose to fame,” Vikner said. . “It allowed him to capture not only beautiful portraits, but also closer, more candid photos that showed the human side of people. O’Neill’s natural ability to shoot candid pictures of subjects in unconventional settings with such breadth remains unmatched.
O’Neill spent a lot of time on film sets, which allowed him to treasure “unscripted moments”. Innocent and fun, these images include Audrey Hepburn playing cricket in 1966 during a break from filming Two for the Road In France ; Sean Connery as James Bond in 1971 playing golf on “the moon” while filming Diamonds Are Forever ; and Brigitte Bardot with a cigarette in 1971 taken on the set of Oily in Spain. In images like these, O’Neill has managed to take ordinary, mundane moments and make them look good.
Stars also highlights O’Neill’s extensive documentation of the 007 film franchise over the years, including Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, as well as ‘Bond girls’ such as Jane Seymour and Izabella Scorupco. . Celon O’Neill: “The real secret to why Bond has been so successful for so many years is that with every decade, every James Bond, they’ve really kept pace. Sean Connery in the 1960s was cool and classic; it really fits that decade. Roger Moore in the 1970s added more humor; very Cary Grant. In the 1990s Pierce Brosnan came on board and added some real style. Then Daniel Craig is the perfect modern Bond.
One of O’Neill’s most famous photographs depicts actress Faye Dunaway sitting poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel at dawn after the 1977 Oscars party, in which she won the Oscar for Best Actress. O’Neill once reflected on the image: “I wanted to capture that moment – the next morning – the moment when the actress wakes up and realizes that in one night she has not only become a star, but also a female millionaire. This is that moment of realization. O’Neill would later marry Dunaway, from 1983 to 1987.
In the 1970s, O’Neill’s social circle expanded to include some of the biggest names of the day, and his work evokes a great sense of intimacy fueled by his ability to form close professional relationships with his subjects. Examples in the exhibit are an image from the first time David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor met (in 1974, at Hollywood director George Cukor’s Beverly Hills home), and a tender 1964 portrait of Liza Minelli and his mother Judy Garland.
Stars à Fotografiska New York is organized by Johan Vikner (director of global exhibitions, Fotografiska), Amanda Hajjar (director of exhibitions, Fotografiska New York) and Phoebe Weinstein (responsible for exhibitions, Fotografiska New York).
Terry O’Neill : Stars
Until September 16, 2023
Photographic NYC
281 Park Ave S,
New York, NY 10010
2023-08-25 02:01:13
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