Jane Bown ~ 'a kind of English Cartier-Bresson'

I don't know how famous she is furth of the UK, but the wonderful Jane Bown died yesterday, aged 89.

Much of her most famous work was for The Observer. I bumped into her a couple times in my working life ~ an apparently mild-mannered diminutive little wifey, who also had a core of steel.

She worked almost exclusively in B&W film with a old Olympus OM-1 and 85mm, shooting invariably at 1/60 and ƒ2.8, and rarely took more than 10 minutes for her assigned shoots.

http://www.bbc.co.uk …tertainment-arts-30570570

I read her obit on another photo site. She was a remarkable photographer. RIP, Jane.

For me Ms Brown's work is a near-perfect example of what a news shooter can accomplish. She showed up, grabbed her shots, and left with essence of her subject. For those unfamiliar this piece from the Observer archives is, I think, a good introduction. http://www.theguardian​.com …/02/featuresrev​iew.review