
Stuart Heydinger (5 May 1927 – 6 October 2019) was a British photojournalist and portrait photographer.
He was chief photographer at ''
The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.
In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...
'' from 1960 to 1966.
Life and work
Heydinger was born in
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames, colloquially known as Kingston, is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. It is situated on the River Thames, south-west of Charing Cross. It is an ancient market town, notable as ...
, south west London.
In 1960 he joined ''
The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.
In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...
'' as chief photographer until he quit in 1966.
He freelanced until 1968.
In the early 1970s he travelled in the
Basque country, drawing, painting and photographing people.
In 1979 he moved to Germany where he worked taking photographs for theatres and made landscape photographs.
Publications
*''Just a Moment ... Fotografien von Stuart Heydinger.'' Bremen, Germany: Schuenemann, 2007. .
Solo exhibitions
*''Just a Moment: Photographs by Stuart Heydinger,'' Kingston Museum, Kingston upon Thames, 2008/2009
Collections
*
National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world th ...
: 1 print (as of November 2019)
References
External links
"The photojournalism of Stuart Heydinger" a gallery of photographs at ''The Guardian''
The Observer photojournalists
Photographers from London
20th-century British photographers
People from Kingston upon Thames
2019 deaths
1927 births
British portrait photographers
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