Career Born in North London on 30 January 1928, Spooner was encouraged in her career choice by her father Len, picture editor at the Daily Herald. Several other men in her family were employed on other papers. At the age of eight, her father bought her a five-shilling camera from Woolworth. After taking a photographic course at the Bolt Court School of Photography, Spooner worked briefly for the Keystone Picture Agency then joined the Daily Mirror from 1949, employed by Simon Clyne, picture editor, at a time when almost every woman employed by British newspapers was a typist or tea-lady.Theaker, Alison. The British Journal of Photography (Archive : 1860-2005)134.6597 (Jan 16, 1987) Daily Mirror In 1950, Spooner won the British News Picture of The Year award with her portrait of playwright George Bernard Shaw at his garden gate. She also photographed the young Princess Elizabeth for a portrait subsequently widely used in Britain's cinemas during the National Anthem as well as in international press at the time of the Accession. Spooner also photographed The Duke and Duchess of Windsor during the promotion of his book 'A King's Story'. America Despite these early successes, Spooner left the Mirror when offered the opportunity to tour America as a freelancer with the Keystone Agency, where she took pictures of Albert Einstein and the reclusive Amish communities as well as many studies of small town American life in the early 1950s. She then worked in Paris for Keystone and also for the new, iconoclastic Magnum Agency where she knew, and was inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, both of whom had worked with her father in London. In Paris, she also met Pierre Vandeputte-Manevy ( later one of the photographers of The URL and they married in 1952. They had three children and moved back to London in the late 1950s. Having largely retired from photography to raise her children, difficult personal circumstances forced Spooner to revive her career and she rejoined the Mirror in 1963 and remained there until her retirement in 1988. Category:1928 births Category:2019 deaths Category:English women photographers Category:Artists from London Category:Daily Mirror peop
Career Doreen Spooner was born in Muswell Hill, North London on 30 January 1928, to Ada (née Tribe) and Len Spooner. She was encouraged in her career choice by her father Len, picture editor at the Daily Herald. Several other men in her family were employed on other papers. At the age of eight, her father bought her a five-shilling camera from Woolworth. After taking a photographic course at the Bolt Court School of Photography, Spooner worked briefly for the Keystone Picture Agency then joined the Daily Mirror from 1949, employed by Simon Clyne, picture editor, at a time when almost every woman employed by British newspapers was a typist or tea-lady.Theaker, Alison. The British Journal of Photography (Archive : 1860-2005)134.6597 (Jan 16, 1987) Daily Mirror In 1950, Spooner won the British News Picture of The Year award with her portrait of playwright George Bernard Shaw at his garden gate. She also photographed the young Princess Elizabeth for a portrait subsequently widely used in Britain's cinemas during the National Anthem as well as in international press at the time of the Accession. Spooner also photographed The Duke and Duchess of Windsor during the promotion of his book 'A King's Story'. America Despite these early successes, Spooner left the Mirror when offered the opportunity to tour America as a freelancer with the Keystone Agency, where she took pictures of Albert Einstein and the reclusive Amish communities as well as many studies of small town American life in the early 1950s. She then worked in Paris for Keystone and also for the new, iconoclastic Magnum Agency where she knew, and was inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, both of whom had worked with her father in London. In Paris, she also met Pierre Vandeputte-Manevy , a Belgian photographer who worked for Le Figaro and was later one of the photographers of The URL and they married in 1952. They had three children and moved back to London in the late 1950s. Having largely retired from photography to raise her children, difficult personal circumstances forced Spooner to revive her career and she rejoined the Mirror in 1963 and remained there until her retirement in 1988. Category:1928 births Category:2019 deaths Category:English women photographers Category:Artists from London Category:Daily Mirror people Category:People from Muswell Hill Category:Photographer
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