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The Darkroom Boy
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The Darkroom Boy is the story of a lad from a poor council estate whose working life was destined to be spent on a building site slapping glazed tiles on the walls of bathrooms and toilets. A chance meeting with his old art teacher in the early 70's sent him on a different path... jetting round the world covering some of the biggest news stories of the late twentieth century as a newspaper photographer. In the process, he learnt a great deal about life, death, celebrity and how to behave at the…
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  • ISBN-10: 1782815236
  • ISBN-13: 9781782815235
  • Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English
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The Darkroom Boy is the story of a lad from a poor council estate whose working life was destined to be spent on a building site slapping glazed tiles on the walls of bathrooms and toilets. A chance meeting with his old art teacher in the early 70's sent him on a different path... jetting round the world covering some of the biggest news stories of the late twentieth century as a newspaper photographer. In the process, he learnt a great deal about life, death, celebrity and how to behave at the awards ceremonies - where he was twice crowned British Photographer of the Year. He drank with Ollie Reed (copiously) tracked George Michael in the Hollywood hills, hunted showbiz fat cats like Michael Barrymore in America and real life lions on Woking High Street. He travelled with John Major (exposing the parts that should never be mentioned let alone seen). He also dodged bullets in war and peace, from Bosnia to Belfast and from Kosovo to Cape Town. In spite of this he still kept a sense of humour and an innate sense of right and wrong. This is the story of Roger Allen and his journey from a news agency, run by two northern hacks who punted stories and pictures to the daily papers, to the heights of his trade. Through the murky days of the darkroom - dipping and dunking prints and processing film, before taking the train to London to be shouted at and abused by the great and good of Fleet Street as he delivered photos to picture desks of the nation's papers. Press photographers are seen as heartless coves. But The Darkroom Boy tells a different story - one of heartbreak and love, joy and laughter, rib-tickling humour and spine-tingling fear. He shows compassion not only to humans but also bears. Just ask the one Roger saved in Bosnia.

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  • Author: Roger Allen
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN-10: 1782815236
  • ISBN-13: 9781782815235
  • Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
  • Language: English English

The Darkroom Boy is the story of a lad from a poor council estate whose working life was destined to be spent on a building site slapping glazed tiles on the walls of bathrooms and toilets. A chance meeting with his old art teacher in the early 70's sent him on a different path... jetting round the world covering some of the biggest news stories of the late twentieth century as a newspaper photographer. In the process, he learnt a great deal about life, death, celebrity and how to behave at the awards ceremonies - where he was twice crowned British Photographer of the Year. He drank with Ollie Reed (copiously) tracked George Michael in the Hollywood hills, hunted showbiz fat cats like Michael Barrymore in America and real life lions on Woking High Street. He travelled with John Major (exposing the parts that should never be mentioned let alone seen). He also dodged bullets in war and peace, from Bosnia to Belfast and from Kosovo to Cape Town. In spite of this he still kept a sense of humour and an innate sense of right and wrong. This is the story of Roger Allen and his journey from a news agency, run by two northern hacks who punted stories and pictures to the daily papers, to the heights of his trade. Through the murky days of the darkroom - dipping and dunking prints and processing film, before taking the train to London to be shouted at and abused by the great and good of Fleet Street as he delivered photos to picture desks of the nation's papers. Press photographers are seen as heartless coves. But The Darkroom Boy tells a different story - one of heartbreak and love, joy and laughter, rib-tickling humour and spine-tingling fear. He shows compassion not only to humans but also bears. Just ask the one Roger saved in Bosnia.

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