David Montgomery
David Montgomery (born February 8, 1937) is an American photographer known for his portraits of the rich and famous. He studied music at the Juilliard School of Music. He was an assistant to photographer Lester Bookbinder in New York and accompanied him on a working visit to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s and stayed.
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David Montgomery
- Name
- David Montgomery
- Born
- 8 February 1937
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Known for
- Portrait photography
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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David Montgomery (born February 8, 1937) is an American photographer known for his portraits of the rich and famous. He studied music at the Juilliard School of Music. He was an assistant to photographer Lester Bookbinder in New York and accompanied him on a working visit to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s and stayed.
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David Montgomery (born 1937) is a photographer, of American nationality. The photographer was born in Brooklyn. Languages used include English.
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• Name — David Montgomery • Birth Name — David Montgomery • Born — 8 February 1937 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Photographer • Known for — Portrait photography
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Montgomery has been married twice. With his first wife, Caroline, he has two daughters, Rebecca Montgomery and Krishna Montgomery. He married his second wife, Martine (née King), in 1982. They have a daughter Marissa Montgomery and a son Max Montgomery, who is also a photographer. He lives with his wife in a five-bedroom Victorian terraced house in Chelsea, London.
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Montgomery's photographic subjects have included Bill Clinton, Lucian Freud, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Margaret Thatcher, Peter O'Toole and Andy Warhol. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been included in The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. For his photograph of Hendrix, which is shown in the inside cover of the 1968 album Electric Ladyland, Montgomery started a fire using a can of petrol to photograph flames behind Hendrix. He also photographed Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, being the first American to do so, after which he said that he was never frightened of a subject again, going on to photograph five British prime ministers.
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- 1.Debrett's. Debrett's People of Today 2005. 1156. 2005. 1-870520-10-6.
- 2.Hussain, Ali. David Montgomery talks to Ali Hussain. The Sunday Times. 10. 26 January 2014.
- 3.Rankin. David Montgomery. hungertv.com. 26 August 2013.
- 4.The Guardian 24.9.17
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