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Right: Ursula Andress photographed in 1962, the year that she shot to stardom in the first James Bond film Dr No. Below: Michael Ward captures his reflection in a mirror
AN EXHIBITION OF BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS BY
MICHAEL WARD COMES TO LORFORDS IN LONDON THIS OCTOBER
RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER, Michael Ward (1929-2011) had an eye for the unexpected and au- thentic, and as a portrait photographer he brought out the best in people.
An amazing collection of over 60 black and white photographs, which beautifully capture the mood and zeitgeist of 1950s to 70s Britain, will be exhibited at Lorfords in London this October.
Both of Ward’s parents were prominent West End Stage actors, so he grew up in an unconven- tional, bohemian environment. He studied music at the Trinity College of Music, but decided he would never be good enough to make it a career. Blessed with good looks and charisma, he became an actor, appearing in several films, although his acting career didn’t last, the friendships and
connections that he acquired during that period of his life helped him as a photographer in later years. His first published photograph appeared in Woman’s Own magazine in 1958 and was of Ster- ling Moss’s wife, watching the race in which her husband won the British Grand Prix. However, his big break came about in the show pages of the Evening Standard, where he photographed the era’s
emerging talent.
When he joined the Sunday Times, his news
assignments took him all over the world. He ended up working there for more than 30 years, special- ising in pictures of actors, writers, painters, politi- cans and even royalty.
Some of his most iconic images were taken in 1963 for Honey magazine. He spent 24 hours with
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