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 #8 – Sue Murray
Sue Murray was 20 when she was photographed by John d Green at his Kensington studios for Birds of Britain. This photograph was selected by John for the original 1967 book. The session took place on [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #7 – Pat Booth
Pat Booth, photographed by John d Green in his Kensington studios for Birds of Britain on 11 October 1966. She was 23 at the time of the session. “It was a crazy idea, but knowing [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #6 – Dusty Springfield
This famous photograph of Dusty Springfield was taken by John d Green for Birds of Britain on 12 April 1967 at his Kensington studios. This was the image that appeared in the book. Dusty was [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #5 – Jacquetta Lampson
John d Green photographed 23 year old Jacquetta Lampson (Lady Eliot) on 7 July 1966 at his Kensington studios. He shares his memories of the shoot: “Once news got round London that we were doing [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #4 – Sandra Paul
John d Green photographed top model Sandra Paul at his Kensington studios on 3 August 1966. She was 25 at the time. John recalls the session fondly: “We asked Sandra Paul, one of the most [...]
Give us this day our daily bird #3 – Sibylla Edmonstone
This is the photograph that was published in John d Green's Birds of Britain book in September 1967. Anne Sibylla Edmonstone, a very beautiful aristocrat, usually went by her middle name, Sibylla. She was the grand-daughter [...]
