What is Jane Bown?
'''Jane Hope Bown''' [[CBE]] (13 March 1925 – 21 December 2014) was an [[England|English]] photographer who worked for ''[[The Observer]]'' newspaper from 1949. Her portraits have been very popular to many critics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2009/oct/22/jane-bown-photography|title=The complete Jane Bown: a lifetime in photographs|date=22 October 2009|work=The Guardian|accessdate=24 April 2014}}</ref> Bown was born in [[Eastnor, Herefordshire|Eastnor]], [[Herefordshire]]. Bown died in [[London]], aged 89.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/21/observer-photographer-jane-bown-dies-age-89|title=Revered Observer photographer Jane Bown dies aged 89|date=21 December 2014|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 December 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2009/oct/22/jane-bown-exposure-photography Video about her life and work] * [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/specialreport/story/0,8224,212437,00.html Biography at The Observer] * [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp07814&role=art Jane Bown, National Portrait Gallery collection] * [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/page/0,11821,1009693,00.html Jane Bown's Observer website] * [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/photography/story/0,,2173276,00.html Germaine Greer introduces 'Unknown Bown 1947-1967'] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2006_13_wed.shtml BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour interview] * [http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/Legends/Interviews/Jane-Bown-interview Audio interview with Jane Bown at Professional Photographer magazine] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bown, Jane}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:English photographers]] [[Category:People from Herefordshire]] {{bio-stub}}