Terry O'Neill
BRIGITTE BARDOT, 1968
Printed using the gelatin silver process — the same technique O'Neill used throughout his career, not a digital reproduction. This posthumous edition is authenticated with a printed signature and embossed O'Neill estate stamp, each print individually numbered by hand within a strictly limited edition of 50. A certificate of authenticity is included, documenting provenance for the collector's archive.
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BB071
Edition of 50
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The photographs O'Neill made for Shalako were taken at a producer's lunch in Deauville in 1968, before filming began. It was the first meeting between Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery...
The photographs O'Neill made for Shalako were taken at a producer's lunch in Deauville in 1968, before filming began. It was the first meeting between Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery - two of the defining icons of the decade sharing a frame for the first time.
O'Neill had photographed almost everyone by this point, but Bardot remained singular to him. "It was extraordinary," he said. "I found it impossible to take a bad shot of her - she was the most natural, beautiful subject." That quality is visible in every frame from Deauville: a woman entirely unbothered by the camera, which is precisely why the camera couldn't stop finding her.