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FREE A D V E N T U R E S A N D PHOTOGRAPHY NOW M A R Y A M 27 EISLER OBSESSION Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1983 Photograph by Dafydd Jones The Last Hurrah Eighties Photographs by Dafydd Jones Print Room Photographers’ Gallery 3 August - 7 September Print Sales Gallery The Photographers’ Gallery 16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW T: +44 (0207) 087 9320 thephotographersgallery.org.uk/ @tpgprintsales CAPTURED BY DAFYDD JONES i SPY [email protected] James and Claire Hyman Tim Attias Tamara Beckwith Martin Parr Dylan Jones Michael Hoppen Dougie Wallace Chloe Dewe Matthews James Danziger Tim Jeffries Tom Hunter Bruce Gilden Terry O’Neill Photo London 2018 Somerset House Francis Hodgson Jillian Edelstein Gabriel Speechly 6 | F22 COVER IMAGE | ISSUE 27 CONTENTS | 27 Cover Story Maryam Eisler After Fragonard 2017 From the artist’s on-going series in search of the ‘femine sublime’ JOHN FRENCH the Fifties mentor of so many famous 12 snappers - now all but forgotten NADAV KANDER Journeys with a camera to record the 22 philosophy and moods of moving water SERPENTINE PARTY famously revived and 06 I-SPY 08 SNAPSHOTS 16 COVER FEATURE 14 glitzed up by the collaboration with Vanity Fair EDITOR CORRESPONDENTS PEOPLE | PLACES | PROJECTS Mike Von Joel Kate Enters [email protected] Lou Proud f22 Magazine is available at selected galleries, Holly Howe libraries, art schools, museums and other art venues across the UK. 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F22 CONTENTS| 7 SNAPSHOTS O’Neill Drama POPULAR SOCIETY and candid Terry O’Neill press photographer, shortly after(79) awoke NHS cataractup one operation.morning withHis consultant hazy vision, sug- gestditioned thatage-related can lead tomacular a loss degeneration (AMD) a con of central vision. Around 600,000 people in the UK have some degree of sight loss as a result of it and AMD typically- strikes people in their 50s or 60s. O’Neill commented: ‘Los ing my sight was my worst now be completely blind. To- nightmare. My eyes have beenwould my end livelihood up blind. It for was over like - 50 years and I was terrified I day, regular injections block an old scratched lens. 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O’Neill do the odd charity job, my Ryan Locke of alleged grop tions’ and ‘could not confirm any of the claims’. has wet AMD, the cause of AMD hasn’t impacted on that, ing, masturbation and attempts to seduce em more devastating visual loss if although I’ve pretty much ployees. One, , a model, appeared notmore treated. than likely Had thathe developed he would now photographedwww.iconicimages.net everyone to call Testino a ‘sexual predator’. ‘[He] crawls this condition 20 years ago, its I want to photograph.’ on the bed, climbs on top of me and says, “I’m the girl, you’re Voguethe boy”,’Vanity Locke Fair told and the GQ NYT. Testino Gucciwas thenBurberry highly Versacepopular Michaelwith fashion Kors rare NaSa Prints Chanelmagazines and (e.g.Dolce & Gabbana, ) and labelssultry (studies, of Princess, Diana, , THE NASA print collection Royal Family ). Made famous by- featured numerous newswor- Prince William and official to Kate Middleton photos,. 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