Give us this day our daily bird is a series we introduced as part of John d Green’s incredible Birds of Britain exhibition.
Many of the ladies that John d Green photographed in 1966/7 are very well-known – like Pattie Boyd here. Others, less so. To my mind, they all have equal billing, as they were all willing subjects in a very special project that happened fifty years ago. Some of the ladies have, sadly, passed away, but many are still with us. Each has a story.
Over the course fifty posts, we shared what we discovered from our research into each of these fabulous subjects and their sessions with John d Green. Each day we focused on a different lady from John d Green’s Birds of Britain archive.
They all feature in this incredible large format limited edition book.
Check them out below.
Give us this day our daily bird #50 – Annegret
John d Green photographed Annegret at his Kensington studios for Birds of Britain on 6 April 1967. Annegret was a hugely popular and successful model, a real 'face' of the Swinging 60s, and was married to Birds of [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #49 – Rory Davies
Model Rory Davies was photographed by John d Green on 2 August 1966 at his Kensington studios for Birds of Britain. In the 60s she was photographed by Phillip Townsend and Lord Lichfield amongst others. Her portrait, photographed [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #48 – Jane and Victoria Ormsby-Gore
Jane and Victoria Ormsby-Gore were photographed by John d Green at his Kensington studios for Birds of Britaion on 29 September 1966. The sisters are the daughters of politician David Ormsby-Gore, who served under Harold Macmillan’s [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #47 – Shirli Scott-James
John d Green photographed Shirli Scott-James for Birds of Britain at his Kensington studios on 4 July 1966. Model Scott-James had a long and on/off relationship with figure and landscape painter Anthony Fry. In an interview he gave [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #46 – Paddy Carrington-Bates
Paddy Carrington-Bates was photographed for Birds of Britain by John d Green at his Kensington studios on 20 July 1966. Taken from the Chelsea News article "A 'Bird' In Flight Comes To Rest": “America was stunned by 12 of [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #45 – Diana McLeod
John d Green photographed Diana McLeod on 18 October 1966 at his Kensington studios for Birds of Britain. He remembers the shoot fondly: “Another fun session was Diana McLeod. We found out she was petrified of mice, [...]
