A Front-Page Scoop for Britain’s Teenage Revolution
In 1963 Terry O’Neill was establishing himself as a newspaper photographer on Fleet Street.
Photography lovers stopping by Iconic Images Gallery often ask: why did Terry O’Neill photograph the Rolling Stones?
It began after Terry O’Neill photographed The Beatles outside Abbey Road Studios. When that Beatles picture was published in the Daily Sketch the newspaper reportedly sold out helping establish Terry O’Neill’s reputation as a music photographer.
Around the time the Stones’ manager, Andrew Loog Oldham contacted Terry O’Neill and asked him to photograph his band. Terry O’Neill was already familiar with their music from hearing them play in Richmond.
Terry O’Neill met them in London. Photographed them outside the Tin Pan Alley Club, on Denmark Street capturing their distinctive appearance and rebellious image.
Terry O’Neill’s resulting photographs became an enduring record of The Rolling Stones’ career and the changing youth culture of 1960s Britain.
To explore Terry O’Neill’s Fleet Street prints visit Iconic Images Gallery at 16 Waterloo Place, St James’s (SW1Y 4AR) or view iconicimagesgallery.com.