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Chris Beetles Gallery, St James’s, London Presents SNOWDON AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AT GODEL & CO. FINE ART, NEW YORK For half a century Snowdon has been one of the most successful photographers in the world. Following the enormous success of his first selling show this autumn in London, we are proud to announce his first exhibition in New York. A long-standing contributor to Vogue, Vanity Fair, New York Times, The Sunday Times and virtually every other high profile publication on both sides of the Atlantic, Snowdon is the photographer who has recorded and defined his generation. A documenter of the rich and poor, theatre and film, high society, fashion and social change, he is the ultimate in versatility. Snowdon’s portraiture archive is a rich seam of celebrity imagery and we will feature a large number of these in the show. Including portraits of Princess Margaret, Princess Diana, Rudolf Nureyev, Laurence Olivier, Nancy Reagan, Bert Bacharach, Eric Clapton, Margaret Thatcher, Salvador Dali, David Hockney, Franco Zeffirelli, Henry Moore, Leonard Bernstein, J.R.R. Tolkien, Noel Coward, Jack Nicholson and many more. In direct contrast to such a glamorous role-call is his photojournalism work for The Sunday Times Magazine. Beginning in the mid 1960s his coverage of mental illness, poverty and other disadvantaged peoples spanned two decades and is his most moving body of work. A selection of the most powerful of these images will be included in the exhibition. In addition to this we will exhibit his classic advertising, fashion and travel photography that presents a fascinating photographic record of changes in style and taste during the last fifty years. The National Portrait Gallery in London holds 117 of Snowdon’s pictures and held a retrospective show in 2000 that toured to Edinburgh, Vienna, Moscow and the Yale Centre for British Art in the United States. He has published twenty-three books in his career, four since turning seventy, and still works and travels extensively. Featuring over 80 pictures in total, the exhibit will be a fascinating retrospective of one of the most respected and versatile photographers of the 20th Century. For further promotional information, interviews, free digital images etc please contact Chris Beetles Ltd in London on +44 207 839 7551 or at gallery@chrisbeetles.com, March 1 – April 14 2007 Mon – Fri 10am – 6 pm Sat 10am – 5 pm A fully illustrated catalogue will be on sale, and all images will be featured on the website The Exhibition will be held at: GODEL AND CO. FINE ART 39A EAST 72ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10021 (212) 288 7272 info@godelfineart.com - www.godelfineart.com