- Doreen Spooner
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Doreen Spooner was the first female photographer to work in Fleet Street and the former fashion photographer for the Daily Mirror.[1][2]
She was employed by Simon Clyne, a Fleet Street picture editor in the 1950s and 1960s - at a time when very few women were employed on Fleet Street national newspapers. [3][4]
It is said that an early glamour model once remarked: ‘You never mind getting your kit off for Doreen. It’s like undressing in front of your granny!’[2]
She was a member of the National Council for the Training of Journalists photojournalism board.[1]
Some details of her career are to be found in "Ladies of the Street" by Liz Hodgkinson[5]
References
- ^ a b "Post's Steve joins press photography exams team". Hold The Front Page. Northcliffe Media/Newsquest/Trinity Mirror/Johnston Press. 20 May 2004. http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/training/040520stv.shtml. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ a b Boot, William (12 October 2007). "Spoonerisms". Gentlemen Ranter. http://www.gentlemenranters.com/30.html#spooner. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Weaver, Ray (28 March 1999). "Mirrorman Simon Clyne dies at 102". The Mirror Pensioner. http://www.mirrorpensioners.co.uk/farewell/Simon_Clyne.html. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- ^ Crookes, William; Malone, T.A.; Shadbolt, George; Traill Taylor, J.; Blanchard Bolton, William; Bedding, Thomas, ed (2001). The British journal of photography. Liverpool Photographic Society. H. Greenwood.
- ^ Hodgkison, Liz (2008). Ladies of the Street. London: Revel Barker. ISBN 0955823854.
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