Jane Bown on Photographing Francis Bacon

She was slightly afraid of him, and the photographs show Bacon looking fearsome. Click through to see the short recording of Jane talking: the Guardian refrains from telling us when this was, but since Bacon died in 1992, perhaps in the late 70s or early 80s.

Via Jim Johnson

Similar Posts:

Popularity: 5% [?]

Bookmark and Share
This entry was posted in Photographers, finds, women photographer and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

One Comment

  1. Posted October 14, 2008 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

    what a mearvelleous pictures..i’m grateful you let me recall my sentimental friendship with francis with yours iconic masterpieces…my story with him and the drawings(real,not the ridIcolous scrowls pheraps probabily faked of barry youle archive )he gave me you can see on my journal on line

    http://www.cristianolovatelliravarinonews.com

    If you once will come in Italy I will be pleased to show you some originals
    All my very best,with admiration
    CLR

Post a Comment

Your email is never published nor shared. Required fields are marked *

*
*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Subscribe without commenting




  • Recent Posts

  • Recent Comments

    • Justin: Yes, this was excellent. I have been an amateur photographer for quite some time now and I really believe...
    • Robert F. Filcsik Ph: I only got an iPhone recently basically because I wanted to jump into the bandwagon of people...
    • Martha Moore: Night photography gives a great artistic twist on the lights. Light exposures indeed look good if there...
    • Nabil: Nah, not really… One should keep updating their content regularly. Don’t ya think? ;)
    • Jeremy: I really admire people who still appreciate the beauty of the old ways, such as in photography for example. A...
  • Categories

  • Archives

  •  

    October 2008
    S M T W T F S
    « Aug   Nov »
     1234
    567891011
    12131415161718
    19202122232425
    262728293031