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Looking for Light

Synopsis
A portrait of the photographer Jane Bown: her quiet determination working in an almost exclusively male world; her unique working method; and how the sorrow of her early childhood informed her unique photographic style. It includes interviews with Edna O’Brien and Don McCullin as well as the many iconic photographs by Bown that span her six decade career including her portraits of Samuel Beckett, Mick Jagger, Queen Elizabeth II and Bjork,
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2014
Year of production
2014
Subjects
Arts and Humanities
Keywords
photography; Bown, Jane (1925-2014); portraits

Credits

Director
Luke Dodd
Producer
Michael Whyte

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£8.20
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
90 minutes
Year
2015

Production Company

Name

Hot Property Films

Distributor

Name

Soda Pictures

Email
info@sodapictures.com
Web
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Phone
020 7377 1407
Address
17 Blossom Street
London
E1 6PL

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