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GeorgeBernardShaw
Thelegendaryauthorandplaywright,
GBSwasalsoa keenphotographer
whowroteonoccasionforAP.
FrankMeadow
Sutcliffe
Sutcliffeis oneBritain’smostrevered
photographers.Famousforhisimages
of Whitby,hisworkwaswidely
publishedin APduringtheearly
1900sandhealsopennedmany
columnsforthemagazine.
AlfredStieglitz
Recognisedtodayasoneof theworld’s
mostinfluentialphotographers,
Stieglitzwasa memberof theLinked
Ringgroupof photographers,along
withvariousAPeditorsandstaffers.
Hecontributedimages,lettersand
columnstoAPandevenwonone
of itsphotocompetitions.
LancelotVining
ViningwasAP’spreeminentcolumnist
duringthepost-waryears.His
best-selling 1946 bookMyWay
WiththeMiniaturewasregardedas
somethingof a classicandis still
soughtafterbycollectorstoday.
VictorBlackman
ArguablyAP’smostpopularcolumnist,
judgingbytheemailsfromour
long-termreaders.Blackmanwasa
prominentFleetStreetphotographer
ontheDailyExpressduringthe1960s,
backwhenit hada reputation for
qualityjournalism.
SirCecilBeaton
Britain’smostsuccessfulfashion,
beautyandcelebrityphotographer
duringthe1940sand’50s;he
photographedTheQueen’s
coronationin 1953.Hewasalsoa
regularin APduringthisperiod.
DavidBailey
Britain’smostfamousphotographer
of alltimehada regularcolumnin AP
during the early 1990s called ‘The
Expert’sView’,in whichhewasn’tat
allshytostatehisopinionsona wide
rangeof topicsspanning the arts,
cinemaandbeyond.BobCarlosClarke
APplayedonCarlosClarke’s
reputationastheenfantterribleof
UKfashionanderoticphotography
bycallinghispopularregularcolumn
‘Devil’sAdvocate’,completewitha
mugshotof himwearinghorns.
Sadlyhediedtragicallyin 2006.FransLanting
TheNationalGeographiclegend
hada regularmonthlycolumnin
APin whichhetoldthestories
behindsomeof his award-winning
natureimages.Ch a rl ieWa i t e
ArguablyBritain’sbest-loved
landscapephotographer,Charlie
hashada longrelationshipwithAP
overtheyearsandtoldreaders
thestoriesbehindsome of his
mosticonicimages.RogerHicks
Rogerhada regularcolumnin
APformorethan 20 yearsuntil
hepassedawayearlierthisyear.
Rogertookupphotographyin
1966,andhada careerin
advertisingphotographybefore
beingbroughtonboardasa
columnistundereditorGarry
Coward-Williams.Hispopular
FinalAnalysiscolumn,
previouslycalledThefinalframe,
wasoneof AP’smostsuccessful
franchises,oftengeneratingletters
frompassionatereadersagreeing
ordisagreeingwithhim.HeatherAngel
Internationallyrenowned
photographerof thenaturalworld
andauthorof morethan 50 books,
HeatherAngelshowedushowshe
capturedsomeof herbestimages
in a seriesofPhoto Insights in the
mid-2010s.AP SINCE THE BEGINNING
Famous
contributors
APhasbeenreadbymostofphotography’s
biggest names. Many also wrote for us
Overtheyears,AP’s
readershavebeen
treatedtoan
impressiverollcall
ofcolumnists
whosharedtheir
insightful,andoften
controversial, views