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| death_place = London, England
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'''Terence Patrick O'Neill''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (30 July 1938 – 16 November 2019) was a British photographer, known for documenting the fashions, styles, and celebrities of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Thomas|last1=Hobbs|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Terry O'Neill on his best Bowie shoots: 'David never needed coaxing'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/aug/06/terry-oneill-best-bowie-shoots-david-never-needed-coaxing|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 August 2019|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Sean|last1=O'Hagan|access-date=17 November 2019|title=How one photograph can turn a musician into a rock star|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/aug/23/20th-century-icons-photography-rock|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 August 2011|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> O'Neill's photographs capture his subjects candidly or in unconventional settings.
 
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]].
 
==Life and career==
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=Guys & Dolls - GQ.COM (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>
 
During the 1960s, in addition to photographing contemporary celebrities such as [[Judy Garland]], [[the Beatles]] and [[the Rolling Stones]], he also photographed members of the [[British royal family]]<ref name="bbc-obituary"/> and prominent politicians, showing a more human side to these subjects than had usually been portrayed<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview: Terry O'Neill |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/interview-terry-o-neill-1-4652537 |access-date=18 November 2019 |publisher=The Scotsman |date=3 January 2018}}</ref>—his photographs capture his subjects candidly or in unconventional settings.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Erin|last1=Nyren|access-date=2019-11-19|title=Terry O'Neill, Celebrity Photographer of '60s and '70s, Dies at 81|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/obituaries-people-news/terry-oneill-dead-dies-celebrity-photographer-faye-dunaway-1203407454/|date=17 November 2019}}</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">[ https://sfae.com/Special-Pages/Search?searchtext=o%27neill+dunaway+oscar&searchmode=allwords&wsf=0; "Faye Dunaway, "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>
 
==Personal life==
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 news|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|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>
 
O'Neill 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>
 
==Exhibitions==
*''Terry O'Neill: Legends,'' Hamilton's Gallery, London, 1995
*''Terry O'Neill: Celebrity,'' [[National Portrait Gallery, London]], 2003/4<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>
*''Photographs by Terry O'Neill'', [[San Francisco Art Exchange]], San Francisco, CA, 2005.<ref name="Photographs by Terry O'Neillsfae".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfae.com/Artists/Terry-O-Neill|title=San Francisco Art Exchange : Gallery of The Popular Image|website=www.sfae.com|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
*San Francisco Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA, 2007. "''Kings and Queens: Photographs by Terry O'Neill".<ref>{{cite'', web|url=https://sfae.com/Artists/Terry-O-Neill|title=San Francisco Art Exchange, :San GalleryFrancisco, ofCA, The2007<ref Popular Image|websitename=www."sfae.com|access-date=20 January 2023}}<"/ref>
*San Francisco Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA, 2009. "''Chairman of the Board, Knight of the Realm: Photographs of [[Frank Sinatra]] and Sir [[Elton John]]".<ref>{{cite'', web|url=https://sfae.com/Artists/Terry-O-Neill|title=San Francisco Art Exchange, :San GalleryFrancisco, ofCA, The2009<ref Popular Image|websitename=www."sfae.com|access-date=20 January 2023}}<"/ref>
*Getty Image Gallery, the Village, [[Westfield London]], London, 2009. A retrospective.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/4004/1/terry-oneill-behind-the-scenes|title=Terry O'Neill: Behind the Scenes|date=8 July 2009|website=Dazed}}</ref>
*Leeds Gallery, [[Munro House]], Leeds]], UK, 2011. A retrospective.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Photographer's exhibition in city|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-14912319|date=14 September 2011|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Terry O'Neill: 50 Years at the Top|url=https://leedsgallery.com/programme/exhibitions/terry-oneill-50-years-at-the-top/|website=The Gallery at 164|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117110410/https://leedsgallery.com/programme/exhibitions/terry-oneill-50-years-at-the-top/|url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
*''Terry O'Neill, Reworked,'' 2010. Six artists were given their choice of the photographer's imagery to ''re-work'' as they wished.<ref>ITV, UK; ''This Morning''; Terry O'Neill speaks about the exhibition & contents; 18 April 2010</ref>
*''Terry O'Neill's Rock & Roll Opus'', San Francisco Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA, 2014<ref name="sfae"/>
▲*Leeds Gallery, [[Munro House, Leeds]], UK, 2011. A retrospective.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Photographer's exhibition in city|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-14912319|date=14 September 2011|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=17 November 2019|title=Terry O'Neill: 50 Years at the Top|url=https://leedsgallery.com/programme/exhibitions/terry-oneill-50-years-at-the-top/|website=The Gallery at 164}}</ref>
*[[San Francisco Art Exchange]], San Francisco, CA, 2014. "Terry O'Neill's Rock & Roll Opus".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfae.com/Artists/Terry-O-Neill|title=San Francisco Art Exchange : Gallery of The Popular Image|website=www.sfae.com|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
*Ransom Art Gallery, London, 2016. O'Neill's David Bowie photographs coinciding with the publication of ''Bowie By O'Neill.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/galleries/mark-ransom-/david-bowie-by-terry-oneill-photography/|title=artnet|website=www.artnet.com|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> Travelled to Mouche Gallery, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidbowie.com/news/bowie-oneill-la-exhibition-56401 |title=Bowie By O'Neill LA exhibition - David Bowie Latest News |website=www.davidbowie.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019114126/http://www.davidbowie.com/news/bowie-oneill-la-exhibition-56401 |archive-date=2016-10-19}} </ref>
*Iconic Images Gallery, London, 2018. Rare and Unseen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iconicimages.net/news/exhibition-rare-unseen-terry-oneill/|title=EXHIBITION : Rare & Unseen, by Terry O'Neill - Iconic Images|date=3 October 2018|website=iconicimages.net|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>
*''Terry O'Neill: Stars'', [[Fotografiska]], Stockholm, 2022<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-10|title=Terry O'Neill|url=https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/en/utstallningar/terry-oneill/|website=Fotografiska Stockholm}}</ref>
*''Famous by Terry O'Neill'', [[Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof]], Maastricht, 2023. Curated by Feiko Koster.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=24 March 2023|title=famous|url=https://fotomuseumaanhetvrijthof.nl/tentoonstelling/terry-oneill|website = Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof}}</ref>
 
== Books ==
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==Collections==
*[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]: 80 prints (as of July 2022 )<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>
 
==References==
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[[Category:People from Romford]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in England]]
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