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	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts features \| True to life
		When Jane Bown decided to donate her entire life's work to an archive established to preserve the histories of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, the trustees were aware that it represented one of the world's most significant and singular portraiture collections.
		In Jane's case, gaining a technical mastery merely gave expression to an innate quality that is as evident in her early, personal work as it is in the portraits.
		Jane's "portrait" of a woodsman - a close-up of the axe on his knee - is an image laden with a quiet violence, reinforced by the pin-sharp detail of the blade, the jacket, cuff and hand.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,,1722998,00.html (1054 words)

	History of William Bown, Sr
		She had brown hair and brown eyes and as she raised her eyes to his, he admired her very much and afterward, in relating the experience, he stated that he knew at once that she was the only girl in the world for him.
		The climate was hot and dry and Father Bown's health was not good, he being accustomed to the damp climate of England and the sea.
		Father Bown made adobes of beautiful glue-green clay soil and spread them out to dry, then the heavy rain came and when it was over just a big pond of mud was all that remained of his beautiful adobes of which he had planned to build his house.
	www.metcalfwaslin.org /album/history/wmbown.htm (2498 words)

	News & Press Detail
		Jane Bown, one of the UKâs most respected and influential portrait photographers, is to have a special retrospective exhibition at The Lowry.
		Bownâs reputation as a unique photographer begins as far back as 1949 when her first picture was published in The Observer when she was just 21 years old.
		Despite Janeâs legendary âamateurâ approach â“ rarely shooting with anything other than natural light with and with her camera almost permanently set at f2.8 and 1/60th of second â“ her work is instantly recognisable for its penetrating style and her ability to capture the essence of her subjectâs personality in just one or two shots.
	www.thelowry.com /News/article.aspx?Id=312 (512 words)

	Bown Jane Hope - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bown Jane Hope - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bown, Jane Hope (1925- ), British portrait photographer, whose work is featured in the Observer newspaper.
		Jane Eyre, second novel by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Bown_Jane_Hope.html (109 words)

	Guardian \| Rock, an exhibition of Jane Bown's rock and pop portraits (1963-2003)
		The exhibition spans five decades of musical history and displays highlights from the Jane Bown Photography Collection, her archive of portraiture and reportage photographs generously donated to the Newsroom in 2002.
		Jane Bown has worked for The Observer since January 1949 when the newspaper published her first photograph.
		Luke Dodd, Director of the Newsroom, accompanied Jane Bown to Glastonbury festival, 'Jane works in fl and white without lights, props or tripods she never uses a light meter but gauges the settings by looking at how the light falls on the back of her hand.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4741777-110548,00.html (367 words)

	Books \| As easy as it looks...
		I have often seen reproduced the photograph of John Betjeman laughing by the Cornish seaside, but I had not realised that it is by Jane Bown.
		Bown implies that the beauty of the photograph lies in the beauty of her sitter, which, to an extent, is true.
		But there is also a strong element of classicism in the composition, in the balance between the shape of the head and the topiary beyond, the slant of the grass and the stripes of the dress, the directness of the face and the way it is framed.
	books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4073416-99941,00.html (713 words)

	The Oldie magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I knew Barbara Wykeham was being photographed by her friend and neighbour Jane Bown so, as Jane Bown is such a famous photographer, I was expecting a film-set of assistants and equipment, but not a bit of it - only her husband, Martin Moss, an old hand-held camera and a battered bag.
		The second Mrs Priestley was Jane Wyndham Lewis, former wife of the journalist D B Wyndham Lewis, who had one child, Angela, with her first husband and Mary, Rachel and Tom with Priestley.
		With the London house bomb-damaged, Jane followed the children to Shropshire, where their school had been evacuated, and set up a series of homes for bombed-out mothers with infant children - only children over the age of five being eligible for evacuation from the cities.
	www.theoldie.co.uk /feature05_wykeham.html (1494 words)

	Jane Brown - Archive 3 -Book Review @ wipi.org
		It was while Jane was working with Michael Davie, however, that she took her two most famous pictures, those of John Betjeman and Samuel Beckett.
		It is a paper that loves the arts, from the Diaghilev ballet exhibition it sponsored in the 1950,s to the photography prizes it bestows now, and Jane, though she may pretend otherwise, was taught at Guildford that photographs had more than commercial worth.
		Above all, in her unpretentious, pomposity-pricking photographs, taken in daylight, in a few minutes, without assistants, Jane Bown has managed to be what David Astor believed The Observer should always aim to be: an enemy of nonsense.
	www.womeninphotography.org /archive03-July00/gallery/f2/book2.html (1966 words)

	Jane Bown - Faces: the Creative Process Behind Great Portraits
		I can't speak for Jane Bown's interest or disinterest in photography, but she obviously has more affection for people and faces than she does for potions and powders and camera serial numbers and the introductory dates of obscure accessories.
		Although she is apparently well known (and well regarded) in Great Britain, I'd never heard of her before.
		As you learn in the introduction, Bown, for years a newspaper photographer, photographs very simply, with minimal equipment and "found" natural light, using very little film and often in very little time, sometimes dealing with other constraints as well.
	www.photo.net /mjohnston/column27 (783 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| \| The unseen Jane Bown index
		Jane Bown has been a photographer for 60 years.
		Although best know for her extraordinary portraits, her early images, many done for her own pleasure, are startling for their skill and beauty.
		Luke Dodd, who is archiving her life's work, introduces a selection, some of which have neither been seen nor even printed before.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /gallery/0,,1723000,00.html (54 words)

	The Observer \| Review \| Jane Bown gallery
		A retrospective of Jane Bown's portraits of rock and pop stars will be held at the Newsroom, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1 from September 10 to October 24 2003.
		Jane's work is immediately recognisable, particularly her penetrating portraits taken over the past 50 years.
		Jane's approach to taking photographs is as refreshingly unpretentious as she is herself - she works quickly and discreetly, using only available light, usually in fl and white and without any assistants.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /review/page/0,11821,1009693,00.html (307 words)

	Anova Books - Faces : Jane Bown Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jane Bown has over 45 years’ practical experience as a professional portrait photographer.
		Working exclusively in fl and white, using only natural light and one SLR camera, she has photographed many of the most famous individuals of the second half of the twentieth century.
		Jane Bown has worked as a portrait photographer for the Observer for over 45 years.
	www.chrysalisbooks.co.uk /book/1855858657 (162 words)

	Jane Brown - Women Photographers - Archive 3 - June 2003 - Book Reviews
		THE OBSERVER published its first Jane Bown photograph in December 1949, beginning a romance between Britain's oldest Sunday paper and the country's most loved photographer that still flourishes.
		It was, indeed, of a cow's eye, a large, dark cow's eye, lightly lashed, embedded in an intricate matting of down.
		Born in Dorset, where she was brought up by a colony of aunts, she spent the war in Liverpool with the Wrens, working as a chart corrector literally plotting the D-Day invasion.
	www.womeninphotography.org /archive03-July00/gallery/f2/book.html (344 words)

	SHOWstudio - Forum - Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Jane Bown’s work may be gentle in style, as you suggest, but that doesn’t necessarily diminish its influence.
		Of those photographers, Jane Bown won’t necessarily be the first people think of if asked to make a top ten-style list.
		What interests me about Jane Bown suddenly (though I suppose it could just as easily have been someone else's work) is the line of thought it's sparked.
	www.showstudio.com /forum/topic.php/8437 (1077 words)

	The Royal Collection - The Queen in her 80th birthday year
		Her Majesty selected Bown to take a photographic portrait at the start of her 80th birthday year.
		Bown, a fellow octogenarian, has worked as a professional photographer since the late 1940s.
		Lord Snowdon and Jane Bown join the list of well-known photographers including Marcus Adams, Lisa Sheridan, Dorothy Wilding, Cecil Beaton, Patrick Lichfield, and HRH The Duke of York, who have captured Her Majesty’s image.
	www.royalcollection.org.uk /default.asp?action=article&ID=296 (522 words)

	Jane Bown (1925-), Photographer
		Bown started her photographic career 56 years ago when her portrait of Bertrand Russell appeared in The Observer.
		Her published books include The Gentle Eye (1980) which was accompanied by a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and on tour, 1980-81, Women of Consequence (1986), Men of Consequence (1987) and Faces (2000).
		In 1995 Bown was awarded a CBE for her outstanding contribution to photography.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp07814&role=art (171 words)

	1841 census of Bown's in Middlezoy
		Mary A Bown Servant 15 House Servant 1836
		Bessie Bown Gr Daug 6 scholar Wiveliscombe 1865
		Oliver Bown Head 32 Farmer of 10 acres Othery 1839
	dbown100.tripod.com /census4191.htm (479 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Lynn Barber meets David Bailey
		This time is completely different - total sweetness and light - because Jane Bown is photographing him and he is chuckling and telling her: 'I know your game.' He is sitting on a stool by the window with his little terrier, Pig, on his lap, while she potters around him, snapping away.
		When Jane has finished shooting, Bailey asks her, very formally, if she would mind him taking her portrait, and she says: 'Not at all.' So he sits her on a chair and snaps her a couple of times with a Leica and then with a plate camera.
		As soon as Jane leaves, it is as if the sun has gone out and he reverts to his normal gruffness.
	books.guardian.co.uk /departments/artsandentertainment/story/0,6000,1646032,00.html (2022 words)

	Buckingham Palace press releases > Official photographs of The Queen to mark her 80th birthday, 20 April 2006
		The official photographs by Lord Snowdon and the photographic portraits by Jane Bown are being released by Camera Press (telephone 020 7378 1300).
		The Exhibition photographic portrait by Jane Bown will be available from Camera Press from 11.00 on Sunday 2nd April, embargoed to 0001 hours GMT on Monday 3rd April.
		The third photograph by Jane Bown will be available for (evening) regional media use from 06.30 on Monday 10th April.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page5116.asp (471 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2001266650
		Jane Bown's unerring eye and talent for revealing the personalities of her sitters have won tremendous critical acclaim.
		Using some of her most compelling images, Bown reveals the secrets of her craft, with its technicalities and creative possibilities.
		Among the celebrities are a thoughtful looking Spike Lee a smiling and wide-eyed Robin Williams and singer Sinead O'Connor, her gaze lowered, her head leaning softly into her shoulder.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/ste021/2001266650.html (192 words)

	"Vibrant" photo marks Queen Elizabeth's 80 years - Boston.com
		A new photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth went on show at Windsor Castle on Monday to celebrate her 80th birthday.
		A member of staff views the recently commissioned picture of Britain's Queen Elizabeth by Jane Bown (2006) at the Drawings Gallery in Windsor Castle, Windsor, southern England.
		The fl and white picture, taken by fellow octogenarian Jane Bown, is part of a gallery of intimate and formal photographs of the queen and her family on display at the castle until March next year.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/04/03/vibrant_photo_marks_queen_elizabeths_80_years (261 words)

	Jane Bown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Over the years Jane has taken photographs of just about everyone who comes to mind from each decade, and she's still going strong.
		But in direct contrast with these extremely glamourous circles, Jane Bown lists her hobbies as 'chickens and restoring old houses' and is renown for turning up at the Observer with muddy shoes from the morning's feed.
		Indeed when the photographs for this book were delivered to the publisher the bottom of the bag was lined with'straw and chicken feed.
	www.art-network.co.uk /publications/bown (198 words)

	Artbank - The premium art trading website: contemporary art galleries, london art galleries, online art galleries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Beatles, Knole Park, 1967 by Jane BOWN
		Jane Bown has been taking photographs for the Observer newspaper for over 50 years.
		This is one of the Beatles taken in 1967 and is produced by The Observer as a worldwide limited edition of only 250 signed and numbered by Jane.
	www.artbank.com /artforsale/displayart.aspx?id=374&userID=159&artistID=271 (94 words)

	People Photography Forum: Natural Light B/W Portraits - Recommended Books?
		Bown takes all her portraits on Kodak Tri X. (Ignore that as you are shooting digital.) She uses natural or available light except in very bad conditions, when she will use a single 150 watt bulb.
		She is also good at seizing the moment for the crucial shot, taking her shots naturally without posing the subject, often working alongside an interviewing journalist.
		Thanks to Richard Milner for the suggestion of Jane Bown's book -- I checked it out of the library and am finding it very useful.
	www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Ai5J (378 words)

	ScienceDaily: Pooh has 80th birthday portrait snapped
		Photographer Jane Bown, who did Queen Elizabeth's portrait earlier this year, told the Daily Mail snapping Pooh was "a happy experience."
		Bown has photographed rock and sports royalty as well with subjects including Mick Jagger, John Lennon and Muhammad Ali, the Mail said.
		Jane Goodall -- Dame Jane Goodall DBE Ph.D., (born April 3, 1934) is an English primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist, probably best-known for conducting a forty-five year study of chimpanzee social and...
	www.sciencedaily.com /upi/?feed=Quirks&article=UPI-1-20060508-13184400-bc-britain-pooh.xml (1554 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Dan Yashinsky
		He founded the Toronto Festival of Storytelling, was one of the founders of the Storytellers School of Toronto and began the 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling in 1978, a weekly institution in Toronto that continues to this day.
		In 1999 he was the recipient of the Jane Jacobs Prize for making a valued contribution to Toronto’s cultural life.
		Canada’s best-known storyteller, Dan Yashinsky, lives his life as teller and listener, and shows how storytelling can and does create vital connections between individuals, communities and families.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=52155 (207 words)

	The Photographs of Jane Bown Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places. \| ...
		The Photographs of Jane Bown Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places.
		October 20, 2003 4:09 AM Public Faces In Private Places may not be as wise or nice as private faces in public faces but, in the case of Jane Bown's portraits, I'm sure even W.H. Auden would have gladly opened an exception.
		It's an outstanding collection and it's fun to identify the faces, as their names only appear when you click to enlarge them.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/29058 (398 words)

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