The late Observer photographer Jane Bown is celebrated for her stunning portraits – but a original book reveals the power and sensitivity of her lesser-known reportage• Jane Bown’s photojournalism – in picturesJane Bown revelled in referring to herself as a “hack”,but the characteristic self-deprecation hinted at a much greater truth. Jane’s reputation as one of the United Kingdoms pre-eminent portrait photographers is not in doubt but it has tended to eclipse the diversity of her work. Over the course of more than six decades taking photographs for the Observer, Jane worked in all areas of photojournalism – everything from fashion shows to strikes to demonstrations to dog shows to archaeological digs to beauty pageants to celebrity trials to sex workers. As part of the research for A Lifetime of Looking, and I came across a set of negatives and contact prints labelled “manhole covers”,36 frames of manhole covers from the streets of London.
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Source: theguardian.com