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 #44 – IIona Rodgers
IIona Rodgers was photographed for Birds of Britain on 6 October 1966 by John d Green at his Kensington studios. Born in the UK in the midst of WWII and schooled in Switzerland, Ilona Rodgers is an actress [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #43 – Lulu
Lulu was photographed by John d Green at his Kensington studios on 3 October 1966 for Birds of Britain. She was seventeen at the time of the shoot. If you look carefully, you will see that John [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #42 – Shirley Watts
John d Green photographed Shirley Watts on 14 September 1966 at his Kensington studio for Birds of Britain. The shoot took place three days after her twenty eighth birthday. On 14 October 1964 Shirley Ann Shepherd married Rolling [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #41 – Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw was photographed by John d Green for Birds of Britain on 15 September 1966, when she was just 19 years old. Sandie Shaw, born Sandra Ann Goodrich, was one of the most successful British female [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #40 – Annette Andre
John d Green photographed Annette Andre at his Kensington studio on 6 September 1966 for Birds of Britain. This previously unpublished photograph will be included in The Big Book of Birds of Britain (2017) from Ormond Yard [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #39 – The Jay Twins
Twins Helen and Catherine Jay were photographed by John d Green for Birds of Britain at his Kensington studio on 9 November 1966. They came from an esteemed political family: they are the daughters of [...]
