EMOTIONAL TIES Terry O Neill reveals his life beyond the lens - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity EMOTIONAL TIES Terry O Neill reveals his life beyond the lens By You Magazine - November 4, 2018 From his very famous friends to a camera lost and found, photographer Terry O’Neill reveals his life beyond the lens. Chris O’Donovan Chris O’Donovan I trained as a jazz drummer, so music has always been a big part of my life. I have more than 5,000 CDs – I find online music services such as Spotify way too complicated – and I always have one playing. Eric Clapton is a friend and would have to be my favourite; I’ve shot him many times. Chris O’Donovan This camera was presented to me by Leica; it has my signature on it. I’ve always loved their cameras – I shot Audrey Hepburn with one. I left it in a taxi a few months ago and whoever found it tried to sell it. Luckily, someone alerted me and I got it back! Chris O’Donovan Acqua di Parma Colonia aftershave is my favourite. I wear it most of the time. I discovered it when it was relaunched 25 years ago and was instantly taken with its fresh scent. I really love the bottle, too. Chris O’Donovan My family used to go to Cork every summer, because my father was from there – I loved it. I’m about six or seven in this photo, with my parents and my late sister, Angela, my father’s sister, his brother and Father Slattery, the local priest who was a great family friend. Chris O’Donovan I met Frank Sinatra in 1968 after Ava Gardner wrote a letter of introduction; I walked on to his film set and handed it to him. For the next 30 years, I was one of his main photographers. I shot him more times than I could count and he became a friend. Chris O’Donovan This was the first $100 I ever earned, for shooting Fred Astaire for Life. I moved to LA in the 1960s and met all these movie stars. I spent more than 30 years living in LA and New York – many of my best career moments happened over there. Chris O’Donovan I collect offbeat watches, and have about 50 or so. One is from Concorde (left), which I used to fly on every week. The middle one is from Ferrari – I don’t drive, so I’ll never have the car, but at least I have the watch. I liked the colour of the Sekonda. Chris O’Donovan This T-shirt has my own image of David Bowie on it. I have another one with Muhammad Ali. I feel so proud to walk around wearing them. Sometimes people stop to ask me about them. Thankfully, they believe me when I say I took the photo. Interview by Charlotte Pearson-Methven Terry’s new book, Rare and Unseen (£75), is out now. To order a copy for £60 until 8 November, visit mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640; P&P is free on orders over £15. His exhibition is at Iconic Images Gallery in London’s Chelsea from Thursday until 30 January; iconicimages.net RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved