LevelItem
Ref NoJHB/6/4/7
TitleTwenty Minutes 'Face Off'
Date20 August 2007
Extent1 CD, 1 AIFF file (238 MB)
Creator NameBown; Jane Hope (1925-2014); photographer
DescriptionRecording of a BBC Radio programme where Jane discusses stopping people to photograph them, her love for "off-beat" faces, her direction of subjects and the average length of a job. Also mentions portraits of Robin Williams and The Queen.

From the BBC preview:-
"Inspired by Thomas Ade's Powder Her Face, this interval feature weaves together the voices of portrait photographer Jane Bown, consultant plastic surgeon Peter Butler, actor Matt Chambers and Susana Hancock who is blind. All have a fascination with faces and some unexpected threads of shared experience are revealed."

Transmission date: 20/08/07
Duration: 19 minutes, 57 seconds
Programme produced by Cheryl Gabriel
BBC Radio 3
BBC Broadcasting Limited, 2007
Access StatusOpen
Access ConditionsAccess via the GNM Digital Repository
FormatElectronic record
CD recording
CopyrightBBC Broadcasting Ltd

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