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Looking for Light: Jane Bown

Play trailer Poster for Looking for Light: Jane Bown 2014,  1h 30m,  Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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British photographer Jane Bown is passed among aunts in childhood, serves in World War II, then has a long career of taking amazing portraits of famous people.

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Kate Muir The Times (UK) Dec 31, 2017
There is no great revelation and the documentary can be a tad lumbering, but Bown's photographs are a glorious gallery trip from a cinema seat. Go to Full Review
Deborah Ross The Spectator May 1, 2014
It's a quiet, moving portrait of Jane Bown, the longstanding Observer photographer who has taken all those iconic pictures you know but probably didn't know she'd taken. Go to Full Review
Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Apr 27, 2014
3/5
[An] affectionate and somewhat wistful account of her rise to prominence as a portrait photographer of legend and renown. Go to Full Review
Edward Frost CineVue Mar 20, 2019
4/5
As a showcasing of the evolution of such a remarkable career, Looking for Light is a stimulating distillation of a life captured on celluloid and a woman who thrived in a predominantly male-driven industry. Go to Full Review
Siobhan Synnot Scotsman Jun 8, 2014
3/5
Unfortunately Bown herself is not terribly revealing. Go to Full Review
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Looking for Light: Jane Bown

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Luke Dodd

Director

Michael Whyte

Director

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Nobby Clark

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Don McCullin

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Luke Dodd

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Looking for Light: Jane Bown

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Movie Info

Synopsis British photographer Jane Bown is passed among aunts in childhood, serves in World War II, then has a long career of taking amazing portraits of famous people.
Director
Luke Dodd, Michael Whyte
Producer
Luke Dodd, Michael Whyte
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 30m
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