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 #38 – Clare Bewicke
Clare Bewicke was photographed by John d Green at his Kensington studio on 7 July November 1966 for Birds of Britain. Bewicke was one half of Deborah & Clare, bespoke shirt makers based in Beauchamp Place, [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #37 – Chrissie Shrimpton
John d Green photographed Chrissie Shrimpton for Birds of Britain at his Kensington studio on 30 September 1966. Actress and model Chrissie Shrimpton is the younger sister of model Jean Shrimpton and was the girlfriend of Mick Jagger from [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #36 – Mary Bee
Mary Bee was photographed by John d Green for Birds of Britain on 18 May 1966 at his Kensington studio. Mary Bee was Pattie Boyd’s friend from boarding school. They shared a flat together in Ovington Place when they moved to [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #35 – Ingrid Hepner
John d Green photographed Ingrid Hepner for Birds of Britain at his Kensington studio on 5 July 1966. As the book was a celebration of swinging London, it made sense for one of the subjects to be swinging, and John [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #34 – Cetra Hearne
John d Green photographed 23 year old Cetra Hearne at his Kensington studio on 14 April 1967, the very last session for his Birds of Britain book. Hearne was a very good friend of John d Green's [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #33 – Fay Browning
Here's Fay Browning, in a handpainted bikini, photographed by John d Green for Birds of Britain on 7 April 1967 at his Kensington studio. Fay was one of the last to be photographed for the [...]
