David Hurn was born on the 21st of July in 1934 in Surrey, England.
He is a British photographer and a member of Magnum Photos since 1965. David Hurn joined a school camera club as a child due to his Dyslexia, and after his school days, he moved to London to become a photographer. He was interested in photographing simple things, such as ballroom dancing, the English suburbs and hollywood sets. He gained a reputation for his photojournalism and documentation of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and was featured in two of Ken Russell's films. Around 1964 The Beatles were in great fame for their achieving success with their debut studio album 'Please Please Me', to which David Hurn took the opportunity to photograph them, and took a variety of images during the filming of 'Hard Day's Night', which was filmed almost entirely on a train. David tried to photograph the crowds as the train made its many stops. The crowds were so intense that they were termed 'Beatlemania'. David Hurn was commissioned by the producers of James Bond to photograph portraits of Sean Connery and other actresses from 'From Russia With Love'. Around the 1990's David returned to Wales to photograph the local culture and the countryside. |
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