My Press Photo History Project received an email from David Newman who worked at Fox Photo agency from 1963-1967 which I hope some members here may find of interest - I did!
"Hi Will, I am 78 years old and came across your site by accident. I left school in 1963 (age 16) and that year started work with Fox Photos where I stayed until 1967. In 1967 I joined Tella Photography, which became Brook-Tella shortly after. I also worked for a photo company called Photobition until 1975 when I moved abroad."
We asked David to send us a snap-shot of his life in the Fox Photos Farringdon offices ...and darkrooms!
Here are a few snippets from his notes - click the link below to read the full article.
...'On Friday 22 November 1963 at about 7pm, the BBC interrupted its programmes to announce that The US President John F Kennedy had been shot in Dallas Texas and shortly after told us all that he was dead. Unknown to me, the news spurred nearly all of the older staff at Fox to drop everything and head for the office.' ....
....Fox Photo’s finest hour?
When I walked in on Monday morning, Les Graves was going through The Sunday and Monday national and regional newspapers looking for our photos. Amazingly well over half the hundreds of photos in all the large special editions were taken by Fox Photographers....'
...'Near the end of my time at Fox I walked into the office to find someone who had become a household name standing there boasting about his success. It was the infamous Ray Bellisario! Until then I had no idea that he had started his career at Fox Photos as a junior, just like me. He was telling everyone that his famous photo taken in the Caribbean from a small boat of Princess Margaret sitting on a beach in a swimming costume, which I believe he sold exclusively to an Italian magazine paid entirely for his first house.' ...
Click here read David's time at Fox Photos photo agency in the 1960's on the Press Photo History Project.
