Terry O'Neill (photographer)

Infobox Person


image_size = 150px
name = Terry O'Neill
birth_name = Terence Patrick O'Neill
birth_date = birth date and age|1938|7|30
birth_place = London, England
spouse = Vera Day
Faye Dunaway (1983–1987)
children = Liam Dunaway O'Neill

Terry O'Neill (born July 30, 1938 in London) is an English photographer, who achieved his greatest success documenting the fashion style, and celebrities of the 1960s. He attracted attention for photographing his subjects in unconventional or candid settings.

He began his photographic career working for a photographic unit for an airline at London's Heathrow Airport. By chance he photographed a sleeping figure in a waiting room; when the person was revealed to be the Home Secretary, O'Neill found further employment on Fleet Street with "The Daily Sketch" in 1959.

His reputation grew during the 1960s, and in addition to photographing the elite the decade's showbusiness icons, such as Judy Garland, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, he also photographed members of the British Royal Family, and several prominent politicians, showing a more natural and human side to these subjects than had usually been portrayed before.

He had a longtime relationship with the American actress Faye Dunaway. His son with Dunaway, Liam Dunaway O'Neill, was born in 1980. O'Neill was married to Dunaway from 1983 until 1986. In 2003, he was quoted in the U.S. tabloid magazine, "Star", as saying Liam was adopted and not their biological son, contrary to Dunaway's public assertions. [ [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, March 11, 2003. Accessed January 28, 2007.] O'Neill is currently married to the former model agency head Laraine Ashton.

Among his most famous images [http://www.sfae.com/index.php?action=gallery&status=show_product&ID=416&PHPSESSID=235c4dcb1d4ba405f711398cc606b283 "About the Art"] , background information published by the San Francisco Art Exchange. Accessed January 28, 2007.] were the now-famous color and black and white shots of then-girlfriend Dunaway at dawn on March 29, 1977, lounging next to the swimming pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel the morning after winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Network", with several newspapers scattered around her and her Oscar statuette prominently shown on a table beside her breakfast tray. [ [http://www.photographersgallery.com/photo.asp?id=914 O'Neill, Terry "Oscar Ennui"] (1977) Rights owned by Getty Images.] [ [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.] A black and white shot from the series hangs in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. [http://www.sfae.com/index.php?action=gallery&status=show_product&ID=416&PHPSESSID=235c4dcb1d4ba405f711398cc606b283 "About the Art"] , background information published by the San Francisco Art Exchange. Accessed January 28, 2007.]

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

In a February 27, 2006 voice mail message which was widely circulated on the Internet by its recipient, Dunaway called O'Neill "a big, big liar" and "a man I will not even waste my time discussing" in a scheduled interview. She said O'Neill "stopped working when he married me and pretended to be my manager for a very long time." She added that he "put our child in jeopardy the way he had" without elaborating.cite web | title=WorldofWonder.net item on and recording of Faye Dunaway voicemail | url=http://worldofwonder.net/archives/2006/Mar/20/dont_fuck_with_me_fellas.wow | accessdate=December 8 | accessyear=2006]

References

External links

* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/troneill.asp National Portrait Gallery, article about "Celebrity" exhibition.]
* [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/news/newsarticle.asp?id=451&venue=2 National Museums Liverpool, article]
* [http://www.richardgoodallgallery.com/oneill.html Richard Goodall Gallery, article and photographs]
* [http://milleniafineart.com/SearchResult.aspx_Q_CategoryID_E_446 Millenia Fine Art, article and photographs]