Terry O'Neill (photographer): Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|British photographer (1938–2019)}}

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* {{marriage|[[Vera Day]]|1963|1976|end=divorced}}<br
* />{{marriage|[[Faye Dunaway]]|19831982|1987|end = divorced}}<br
* />{{marriage|Laraine Ashton|2001}}

His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions. He was awarded an honorary fellowship of the [[Royal Photographic Society]] in 2004<ref name="rps-fellowship">{{cite web | url = http://www.rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/honorary-fellowships | access-date = 8 March 2017 | publisher = [[Royal Photographic Society]] | title = Honorary Fellowships (HonFRPS)}}</ref> and the society's [[Royal Photographic Society#Centenary Medal|Centenary Medal]] in 2011.<ref name="rps-centenary">{{cite web|url=http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Centenary-Medal|title=Error - RPS|website=www.rps.org|access-date=30 November 2018|archive-date=1 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201070248/http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Centenary-Medal|url-status=dead}}</ref> His work is held in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]].

O'Neill was born to Irish parents in [[Romford]], Essex,<ref>{{cite news|first1=Leo|last1=Benedictus|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Terry O'Neill's best shot|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/dec/18/terry-o-neill-best-shot-brigitte-bardot|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 December 2008|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> and began his career working in a photographic unit for an airline at London's [[Heathrow Airport]]. During this time, he photographed a sleeping figure in a waiting area who, by happenstance, was revealed to be [[Home Secretary]] [[Rab Butler]].<ref>{{cite news|first1=Rosanna|last1=Greenstreet|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Photographer Terry O'Neill: 'I was invited to Sharon Tate's house the night she was murdered'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/28/photographer-terry-oneill-i-was-invited-to-sharon-tates-house-the-night-she-was-murdered|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 January 2017|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> O'Neill thereafter found further employment on [[Fleet Street]]<ref name="bbc-obituary">{{cite news|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Photographer to the stars Terry O'Neill dies aged 81|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50452568|date=17 November 2019|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> with ''[[Daily Sketch|The Daily Sketch]]'' in 1959. His first professional job was to photograph [[Laurence Olivier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2010-09/01/gq-art-terry-oneill-guys-and-dolls-exhibit/clint-eastwood%23ContentTop |title=ArchivedGuys & Dolls - GQ.COM copy(UK) |website=www.gq-magazine.co.uk |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905072844/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2010-09/01/gq-art-terry-oneill-guys-and-dolls-exhibit/clint-eastwood%23ContentTop |archive-date=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

O'Neill's photographs of [[Elton John]] are among his best known. A selection of them appeared in the 2008 book ''Eltonography''. Also considered among his most famous images<ref name="sfac">[httphttps://www.sfae.com/index.phpSpecial-Pages/Search?actionsearchtext=galleryo%27neill+dunaway+oscar&statussearchmode=show_productallwords&IDwsf=416&PHPSESSID=235c4dcb1d4ba405f711398cc606b2830; "AboutFaye theDunaway, Art"Oscar Ennui""], background information published by the San Francisco Art Exchange. Accessed 28 January 2007.</ref> are a series of American actress [[Faye Dunaway]] (his girlfriend at the time) at dawn on 29 March 1977, lounging next to the swimming pool at the [[Beverly Hills Hotel]] the morning after winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]'', with several newspapers scattered around her and her Oscar statuette prominently shown on a table beside her breakfast tray.<ref>[http://www.photographersgallery.com/photo.asp?id=914 O'Neill, Terry "Oscar Ennui"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130131200133/http://www.photographersgallery.com/photo.asp?id=914 |date=31 January 2013 }} (1977) Rights owned by Getty Images.</ref><ref>[http://www.artnet.com/artwork/424631353/terry-oneil-faye-and-oscar.html O'Neill, Terry "Faye and Oscar"] (1977) Image from print owned by Photographers Gallery, Los Angeles.</ref> The series was photographed in both colour and black and white.

O'Neill was credited (as Terrence O'Neill) as an executive producer of the film ''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981).<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0082766/ ''Mommie Dearest (1981)''], IMDb profile. Accessed 28 January 2007</ref> His only other film credit was for still photography for the opera film ''[[Aria (1987 film)|Aria]]'' (1987).<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0092580/ ''Aria (1987)''], IMDb profile. Accessed 28 January 2007</ref>

O'Neill was married to the actress [[Vera Day]] for 13 years;<ref name="guardian-obituary">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/17/terry-o-neill-obituary|title=Terry O'Neill obituary|last=Horwell|first=Veronica|date=17 November 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 November 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> they had two children together, Keegan Alexander and Sarah Jane.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=18 November 2019|title=Terry O'Neill obituary|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/terry-oneill-obituary-f5cnhgd8d|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=17 November 2019|issn=0956-1382|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref> He had a longdecade-termlong relationship with Faye Dunaway; they were married for fourfive years in the 1980s and had a son, Liam.<ref name="guardian-obituary"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dunaway, O'Neill divorced|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lT5WAAAAIBAJ&pg=4550%2C3501872|newspaper=Gainesville Sun|date=27 March 1987}}</ref> In 2003, he was quoted in the U.S. tabloid magazine ''[[Star (magazine)|Star]]'' as saying Liam was adopted and not their biological son, contrary to Dunaway's public assertions.<ref>[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/dunaway.s%20son%20liam%20adopted.%20says%20ex "Dunaway's Son Liam Adopted, Says Ex"], ContactMusic news index, 11 March 2003. Accessed 28 January 2007.</ref> In 2001 O'Neill married Laraine Ashton, a former model agency executive.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Stuart|last1=Husband|access-date=17 November 2019|title=This much I know: Terry O'Neill, photographer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/jan/25/magazine.features7|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 January 2004|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/photographer-of-choice-for-musicians-and-movie-stars-terry-o-neill-dies-at-81-1.4087351|title=Photographer of choice for musicians and movie stars, Terry O'Neill, dies at 81|websitenewspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>

O'Neill underwent a [[triple bypass]] and, in 2006, an operation for [[bowel cancer]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/terry-oneill-obituary-f5cnhgd8d#:~:targetText=O'Neill%20underwent%20a%20triple,I%20don't%20think%20so.|title = Terry O'Neill obituary}}</ref> He died on 16 November 2019 at his home in London from [[prostate cancer]], at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Lanre|last1=Bakare|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Photographer of swinging 60s Terry O'Neill dies aged 81|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/17/photographer-of-swinging-60s-terry-oneill-dies-aged-81|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 November 2019|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Iconic photographer Terry O'Neill dies aged 81|url=https://news.sky.com/story/iconic-photographer-terry-oneill-dies-aged-81-11863239|website=Sky News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/iconic-photographer-terry-o-neill-dies-aged-81-after-battle-with-prostate-cancer-a4289021.html|title=Iconic photographer Terry O'Neill dies aged 81|last=Clifton|first=Katy|date=17 November 2019|website=Evening Standard}}</ref>

*''Terry O'Neill: Celebrity,'' [[National Portrait Gallery, London]], September 2003 – March 2004/4<ref>{{cite web|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Terry O'Neill: Celebrity - National Portrait Gallery|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/20031/terry-oneill-celebrity.php|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref>

*Getty''Photographs Imageby Gallery,Terry the VillageO'Neill'', [[WestfieldSan LondonFrancisco Art Exchange]], LondonSan Francisco, JulyCA, 2009. A retrospective.2005<ref name="sfae">{{Citecite web|url=https://www.dazeddigitalsfae.com/photography/articleArtists/4004/1/terryTerry-oneillO-behind-the-scenesNeill|title=TerrySan Francisco Art Exchange O'Neill: BehindGallery theof Scenes|date=8The JulyPopular 2009Image|website=Dazedwww.sfae.com|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>

*LeedsGetty Image Gallery, the Village, [[MunroWestfield House, LeedsLondon]], UKLondon, September–October 20112009. A retrospective.<ref>{{citeCite news|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Photographer's exhibition in cityweb|url=https://www.bbcdazeddigital.com/newsphotography/ukarticle/4004/1/terry-englandoneill-leedsbehind-14912319|date=14 September 2011|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessthe-date=17 November 2019scenes|title=Terry O'Neill: 50 Years atBehind the TopScenes|urldate=https://leedsgallery.com/programme/exhibitions/terry-oneill-50-years-at-the-top/8 July 2009|website=The Gallery at 164Dazed}}</ref>

*[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]: 7780 prints (as of NovemberJuly 2022 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp08142/terry-oneill?search=sas&sText=Terry+o%27neill&role=art|title=Terry O'Neill - National Portrait Gallery|website=www.npg.org.uk|access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref>

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