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PHOTOGRAPHER: Patrick Lichfield (see bio below)DATE: 1981SUBJECT:Princess Diana (see bio below)PROCESS: Gelatin SilverSIZE: 8" x 10"CONDITION: See photosSHIPPING: Shipping cost is non-negotiable, please consider it when offerding/buying.COMBINED SHIPPING: Yes, I do combine shipping. Additional shipping per item is 20% of the lower shipping cost [For example, if 2 items are purchased that have a $30 and $10 shipping cost each, the combined shipping cost becomes $32 for the 2 items]. If offerding/buying more than 1 item, please wait for an invoice with combined shipping before Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (25 April 1939 – 11 November 2005), professionally known as Patrick Lichfield, was an English photographer noted for his fashion, celebrity, society and royal portraiture. Active professionally from the early 1960s until his death in 2005, he became closely associated with the visual culture of Swinging London and later became one of the best-known photographers of the British royal family.Lichfield was born into the aristocratic Anson family. His father was Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson, and his mother was Anne Bowes-Lyon, a niece of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Through his mother, Lichfield was related to the British royal family. In 1960 he succeeded his paternal grandfather, Thomas Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield, becoming the 5th Earl of Lichfield.He was educated at Harrow School and later trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He served in the Grenadier Guards from 1959 to 1962. After leaving the army, he decided to pursue photography professionally, initially gaining practical experience in commercial photography before establishing himself independently.During the 1960s Lichfield became increasingly successful as an editorial photographer. His work appeared in publications including Life and Queen magazine, and in 1967 Diana Vreeland gave him a five-year contract with the American edition of Vogue. His association with Vogue significantly expanded his international reputation and placed him among the prominent fashion and portrait photographers of the period.Lichfield photographed many of the leading personalities of the 1960s and 1970s, including actors, musicians, artists, writers, models and members of fashionable society. His subjects included Mick Jagger, Marsha Hunt, Jane Birkin, Joanna Lumley, David Hockney, Roman Polanski and Yves Saint Laurent. His photographs frequently combined the informality and experimentation of 1960s photography with the polished presentation associated with fashion and society portraiture.One of his best-known early works was a group portrait commonly associated with Swinging London that included figures such as David Hockney, Roman Polanski and Antonia Fraser. He also produced a widely reproduced nude portrait of actress and singer Marsha Hunt during the period in which she appeared in the musical Hair. Such images contributed to his reputation as a photographer capable of moving between aristocratic society and the increasingly influential worlds of fashion, popular music and contemporary culture.Lichfield also developed an extensive career in advertising photography. Following his success in editorial work, he received numerous international commercial commissions and photographed advertising campaigns for major companies and fashion-related clients. His work ranged from formal portraiture to location photography, fashion imagery and large-scale commercial assignments.His relationship with the British royal family became an important part of his later career. He photographed Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family on numerous occasions, often producing portraits that were more relaxed and informal than traditional official royal photography. In 1981 he was appointed one of the official photographers for the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer. His photographs of the newly married couple and the royal wedding party became among the most widely recognized images of his career.Although his family connections gave him unusual access to aristocratic and royal circles, Lichfield sought to establish an independent professional reputation as a photographer. His work ultimately encompassed fashion, celebrity portraiture, royal commissions, advertising, travel photography and documentary-style assignments over a career lasting more than four decades.Lichfield published several books of photography and autobiography. Among his publications was Not the Whole Truth, an autobiography published in the 1980s, as well as photographic collections including Lichfield: In Retrospect. His career and photographic archive were also the subjects of exhibitions and publications examining his contribution to British portrait photography.In 2003 the National Portrait Gallery in London presented Lichfield: The Early Years, an exhibition marking approximately forty years since the beginning of his professional career. The exhibition concentrated particularly on his work during the 1960s and his development from a photographer of fashionable London society into an internationally established portrait and royal photographer.Lichfield was elected a Fellow of both the British Institute of Professional Photography and the Royal Photographic Society. His photographs are represented in major collections, including that of the National Portrait Gallery in London.In 1975 Lichfield married Lady Leonora Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster. They had three children, Lady Rose Anson, Thomas Anson, who later became the 6th Earl of Lichfield, and Lady Eloise Anson. The marriage ended in divorce in the 1980s.Patrick Lichfield suffered a stroke in November 2005 and died at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on 11 November 2005 at the age of sixty-six. His career spanned approximately forty-three years. He is remembered particularly for his portraits of prominent figures of the 1960s and 1970s, his long association with Vogue, his photographs of the British royal family and his combination of formal society portraiture with the more informal photographic style that emerged during the Princess of Wales (1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), born Diana Frances Spencer, was a member of the British royal family, humanitarian, and international public figure. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, who later became King Charles III, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. During the 1980s and 1990s she became one of the most photographed and widely recognized women in the world.Diana was born at Park House on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. She was the youngest daughter of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, later the 8th Earl Spencer, and Frances Roche. Her parents separated when she was young and divorced in 1969. In 1975, when her father inherited the earldom, she became known as Lady Diana Spencer.She was educated at Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk and later at West Heath School in Kent. She subsequently attended the Institut Alpin Videmanette finishing school in Switzerland. After returning to London, she worked in several positions involving children, including as a nursery assistant at the Young England School in Pimlico.Diana became acquainted with Charles, Prince of Wales, through the social connections between their families. Their engagement was formally announced in February 1981. They married at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on 29 July 1981 in a ceremony watched by a vast international television audience. Following the marriage she became Diana, Princess of Wales.The couple had two sons. Prince William was born on 21 June 1982 and Prince Henry, commonly known as Prince Harry, was born on 15 September 1984. Diana took an unusually active role for a senior royal mother of the period in aspects of her children’s upbringing and public life, including accompanying them on outings and participating closely in decisions concerning their education.As Princess of Wales, Diana carried out extensive royal duties in Britain and abroad. She represented the monarchy on official visits, state occasions and charitable engagements and became particularly associated with organizations concerned with children, homelessness, serious illness and disability. At various times she served as president or patron of more than one hundred charities and organizations.One of the most significant areas of Diana’s charitable work concerned HIV and AIDS. During the 1980s, when misinformation and fear surrounding the disease were widespread, she publicly met and physically interacted with people living with HIV and AIDS. Her highly publicized appearances helped challenge the misconception that HIV could be transmitted through ordinary physical contact.Diana also supported organizations assisting people experiencing homelessness, children with serious medical conditions, people affected by leprosy and patients receiving cancer treatment. Among the organizations with which she maintained close associations were Centrepoint, the National AIDS Trust, the Royal Marsden Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Leprosy Mission.During the final year of her life, Diana became especially prominent in the international campaign against anti-personnel landmines. In January 1997 she visited Angola with representatives of the British Red Cross and was photographed walking through a cleared minefield. She later supported landmine-awareness efforts in the United States and visited Bosnia in August 1997 to meet people injured by mines and organizations working on mine clearance. Her involvement brought substantial international attention to the humanitarian consequences of landmines.Diana was also a major influence on contemporary fashion. During the early years of her marriage she frequently wore designs by British fashion houses, and her clothing choices received extensive international media attention. Her public style changed substantially over time, from the romantic fashions associated with her early royal years to a more streamlined and independent image during the 1990s. She was photographed by many prominent photographers, including Lord Snowdon, Terence Donovan, David Bailey, Patrick Lichfield and Mario Testino.Diana and Charles experienced increasing marital difficulties during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their separation was formally announced in December 1992. Their marital problems became the subject of intense media coverage, including televised interviews and published accounts concerning both parties. The marriage was formally dissolved on 28 August 1996.Following the divorce, Diana ceased to use the style Her Royal Highness but retained the title Diana, Princess of Wales. She reduced the number of organizations with which she was formally associated and concentrated on a smaller group of humanitarian causes. She remained an internationally prominent figure and continued to undertake charitable and public work independently.In June 1997, Diana arranged for dozens of her evening dresses and formal outfits to be sold at sale in New York, with proceeds benefiting charitable organizations concerned with cancer and AIDS. The sale attracted significant public and media attention and reflected her effort to redefine her public role after her divorce.On the night of 30–31 August 1997, Diana was traveling by car in Paris with Dodi Fayed when the vehicle crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel. Fayed and the driver, Henri Paul, died at the scene, while bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones survived with serious injuries. Diana was taken to the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, where she died in the early hours of 31 August 1997. She was thirty-six years old.Her death produced an extraordinary international public response. Large quantities of flowers, messages and other tributes were left outside royal residences, particularly Kensington Palace. Her funeral was held at Westminster Abbey on 6 September 1997 and was watched by a worldwide television audience. She was subsequently buried on an island in the ornamental lake at Althorp, the Spencer family estate in Northamptonshire.Diana’s public reputation has remained closely associated with humanitarian work, particularly her efforts concerning HIV and AIDS, homelessness, seriously ill children and landmines. She also had a lasting influence on royal public relations, celebrity culture and fashion. Her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, have continued to support a number of charitable causes associated with her life and interests.
