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Stuart Heydinger

Stuart Heydinger was a British photojournalist and portrait photographer. He was chief photographer at The Observer from 1960 to 1966.

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Stuart Heydinger (5 May 1927 – 6 October 2019) was a British photojournalist and portrait photographer.1 He was chief photographer at The Observer from 1960 to 1966.1

Life and work

Heydinger was born in Kingston upon Thames, south west London.1

In 1960 he joined The Observer as chief photographer until he quit in 1966.1 He freelanced until 1968.1 In the early 1970s he travelled in the Basque country, drawing, painting and photographing people.1 In 1979 he moved to Germany where he worked taking photographs for theatres and made landscape photographs.1

Publications

  • Just a Moment ... Fotografien von Stuart Heydinger. Bremen, Germany: Schuenemann, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7961-1904-0.

Solo exhibitions

  • Just a Moment: Photographs by Stuart Heydinger, Kingston Museum, Kingston upon Thames, 2008/20092

Collections

References

References

  1. Whitmore, Greg (3 November 2019). "Stuart Heydinger obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. "Famous photos on display". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "Stuart Heydinger - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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