“When I worked on the Daily Sketch years ago, I was asked to photograph Liza Minnelli. I went around to her house. I knocked on this door – they were staying in London – and Judy Garland answered the door. I couldn’t believe it. I was only 20, and I had met a superstar straight away. It was fantastic. She was so nice to me. I took this picture of the pair of them together, and then they asked what I was doing on Sunday. They wanted me to shoot their album cover because Judy and Liza were making an album of their concert at the Palladium. Suddenly, I was given an album cover out of nowhere! Those things don’t happen today. I was knocked out. I’d never shot a roll of colour in my life, but I just went along with it all.” – Terry O’Neill
British photographer, Terry O’Neill, has photographed presidents, prime ministers, rock stars, Oscar winners and the British Royal Family. He chronicled the lives of emerging rock stars and icons of the 60s, including David Bowie, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry. He photographed The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when they were struggling young bands, and worked closely with Frank Sinatra for over 30 years. His photograph of Faye Dunaway, in Beverly Hills, the morning after she won her Best Actress Oscar for Network, has been nominated as the most iconic Hollywood shot of all time. O’Neill has produced covers for Time, Newsweek, Stern, Paris Match, The Sunday Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, and his work is featured in national galleries and private collections worldwide.
