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 #26 – Sue Lloyd
Here's Sue Lloyd, suitably feathered, and doing a fine imitation of an ostrich, in John d Green's Kensington studio on 7 April 1967. Sue's was one of the last sessions that John would take for [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #25 – Juliet Harmer
Meet 23 year old Juliet Harmer, photographed by John d Green at his Kensington studios on 30 September 1966. This was the photograph that John chose to include in Birds of Britain. "No boobs" wrote Juliet in [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #24 – Ingrid Boulting
John d Green photographed Ingrid Boulting for Birds of Britain on 14 June 1966 at his Kensington studio. The image that appeared in the original 1967 book, shown here, was an inspired crop by John [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #23 – Viviane Ventura
Here's twenty-year-old Viviane Ventura, photographed by John d Green for Birds of Britain on 19 October 1965 at his Kensington studio. Viviane, an actress and author, was born in London but spent her childhood in [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #22 – Cathy McGowan
John d Green photographed Cathy McGowan for Birds of Britain on 29 September 1966 at his Kensington studio. Cathy McGowan was the presenter of the seminal 60s pop music television show Ready Steady Go! She [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #21 – Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling was 20 years old when John d Green photographed her for Birds of Britain on 9 September 1966 at his Kensington studio. "When Charlotte Rampling came to the studio, she entered into the [...]
