Jane Bown: 60 years behind a lens
Updated on 21 October 2009
For 60 years, Jane Bown has been photographing the great, the good and the not so good. Ahead of a major exhibition of her work, she gives a rare interview to Nicholas Glass.
From the Beatles and Mick Jagger to the Queen, veteran Observer photographer Jane Bown photographed them all.
Jane Bown, now 84 years old, has spent the past 60 years looking through the lens of her trusty Olympus camera, usually with just 15 minutes to capture her subject.
It started in 1949, with the philosopher Bertrand Russell eating his breakfast in a hotel. Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher and Glastonbury festival goers followed.
Her portraits can be seen at a new exhibition at King's Place in London and in her new book, Exposures.
