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| In 1964 my friend David Newell-Smith, who has died aged 80, became a staff photographer on the Observer and married Sonya Hirsch, a freelance photographer. | In 1964 my friend David Newell-Smith, who has died aged 80, became a staff photographer on the Observer and married Sonya Hirsch, a freelance photographer. |
| During his 14 years with the paper, he covered many historic events, including the student protests in Paris in 1968. One of his shots of the événements was among those chosen to mark the Observer’s 225th anniversary last year. | During his 14 years with the paper, he covered many historic events, including the student protests in Paris in 1968. One of his shots of the événements was among those chosen to mark the Observer’s 225th anniversary last year. |
| In 1978 he and Sonya founded the Tadema Gallery, in Camden Passage, Islington, north London, showcasing 20th-century art, furniture, sculpture, paintings, ceramics and glass. By 1982 they were specialising in jewellery, notably from the arts and crafts, art nouveau and art deco periods, with museums, galleries and private collections among their clients. | In 1978 he and Sonya founded the Tadema Gallery, in Camden Passage, Islington, north London, showcasing 20th-century art, furniture, sculpture, paintings, ceramics and glass. By 1982 they were specialising in jewellery, notably from the arts and crafts, art nouveau and art deco periods, with museums, galleries and private collections among their clients. |
| Born in Chislehurst, Kent, David was one of three sons of Frederick Newell-Smith, a Post Office engineer, and his wife, Florence (nee Jauncey), a hairdresser in Bond Street, central London. After leaving school in Chislehurst, in 1955 David joined the RAF. There he learned the skills of photography and found his true calling. On demob in 1960, he freelanced for several picture agencies and the Daily Sketch before receiving occasional jobs from the Observer. | Born in Chislehurst, Kent, David was one of three sons of Frederick Newell-Smith, a Post Office engineer, and his wife, Florence (nee Jauncey), a hairdresser in Bond Street, central London. After leaving school in Chislehurst, in 1955 David joined the RAF. There he learned the skills of photography and found his true calling. On demob in 1960, he freelanced for several picture agencies and the Daily Sketch before receiving occasional jobs from the Observer. |
| A full-time appointment was very welcome. As David put it in an interview by a fellow Observer photographer, Bryn Campbell, in the British Journal of Photography in 1967, “There is a part of me that would like to go away and take photographs 24 hours a day, live and eat photography, work myself into a lather and imagine I’m a sort of a Van Gogh, but the other half says you have got to earn a living.” | A full-time appointment was very welcome. As David put it in an interview by a fellow Observer photographer, Bryn Campbell, in the British Journal of Photography in 1967, “There is a part of me that would like to go away and take photographs 24 hours a day, live and eat photography, work myself into a lather and imagine I’m a sort of a Van Gogh, but the other half says you have got to earn a living.” |
| In recent years, on many Sundays David and Sonya pursued their love of street photography in and around Brick Lane, in the East End of London. They produced a series of self-published books on the area and had been planning a selection of the best of this material. | In recent years, on many Sundays David and Sonya pursued their love of street photography in and around Brick Lane, in the East End of London. They produced a series of self-published books on the area and had been planning a selection of the best of this material. |
| Sonya survives him. | Sonya survives him. |
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