Terry O’Neill is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars he has photographed the frontline of fame for over six decades.

O’Neill began his career at the birth of the 1960s. While other photographers concentrated on earthquakes, wars and politics, O’Neill realized that youth culture was a breaking news story on a global scale and began chronicling the emerging faces of film, fashion and music who would go on to define the Swinging Sixties. By 1965 he was being commissioned by the biggest magazines and newspapers in the world. The Terry O’Neill archive embraces the span of fame like no other. He photographed The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when they were still struggling young bands in 1963, pioneered backstage reportage photography with David Bowie and Elton John and worked with such luminaries as Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine, Audrey Hepburn, Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch, Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Amy Winehouse and countless others.

Terry O’Neill was awarded the Royal Photographic Society Centenary Medal in 2011 in recognition of his significant contribution to the art of photography and an Honorary Fellowship of The Society. O’Neill was awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Photography in 2019’s Queen’s Birthday Honors list. O’Neill noted at the time that it was “a huge honor. And I’m incredibly humbled by it. It’s a real recognition for the art of photography, as well. This isn’t just for me of course, it’s for everyone who has helped me along the way. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.”