Photograph by Terry O'Neill
Like your favourite playlist or box of chocolates, Robin Bell’s Silver Footprint is a sublime pick ‘n’ mix of some of the most iconic and compelling images from some of the greatest stars of black and white photography.
Bell, has been one of the go-to printers for thirty-five years, tending to images captured by the cameras of Norman Parkinson, Lee Miller, Eve Arnold and other legends. But there are touchingly personal inclusions here too by the likes of Linda McCartney, Patti Boyd and Ken Russel, each accompanied by a poignant comment from Bell.
His passion for the art of silver gelatin film processing is just one of the reasons he is described in the introduction to the book, by Ritz Newspaper founder David Litchfield, as ‘a man to whom so many photographers owe so much.’
Oh, and I first met him at a Pink Floyd concert when I was sixteen and can vouch for the fact that he's as rock 'n' roll as they come.
