Lord Snowdon Donates

Celebrity photographer Lord Snowdon has donated 130 original photo portraits to the National Portrait Gallery in London, the largest donation ever received by the Gallery. This photo of David Bowie taken in 1978 is one of the collection. Other famous movers and shakers include Dame Maggie Smith, John Hurt, Julie Christie, Lord Olivier, Agatha Christie, Sir Kingsley Amis, Graham Greene and Nell Dunn. Some of these photos will be displayed in the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition Snowdon: A Life in View, which opens on 26 September (CLICK).