Looking for Light: Jane Bown

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Looking for Light: Jane Bown

2014

1h 30m

Documentary

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British photographer Jane Bown is passed among aunts in childhood, serves in World War II, then has a long career of taking amazing portraits of famous people.

Kate Muir

Times (UK)

There is no great revelation and the documentary can be a tad lumbering, but Bown's photographs are a glorious gallery trip from a cinema seat.

Dec 31, 2017

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

It's a quiet, moving portrait of Jane Bown, the longstanding Observer photographer who has taken all those iconic pictures you know but probably didn't know she'd taken.

May 1, 2014

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

[An] affectionate and somewhat wistful account of her rise to prominence as a portrait photographer of legend and renown.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 27, 2014

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Edward Frost

CineVue

As a showcasing of the evolution of such a remarkable career, Looking for Light is a stimulating distillation of a life captured on celluloid and a woman who thrived in a predominantly male-driven industry.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 20, 2019

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Siobhan Synnot

Scotsman

Unfortunately Bown herself is not terribly revealing.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 8, 2014

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Josh Winning

Total Film

This gentle, no-frills doc eschews music to let the images do the talking - Bown's striking snaps are the real stars.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 21, 2014

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Audience Member

intersting look at the work of Jane Brown and her life. Somehow lacking insight

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Luke Dodd

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Michael Whyte

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Nobby Clark

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Don McCullin

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Luke Dodd

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Synopsis

British photographer Jane Bown is passed among aunts in childhood, serves in World War II, then has a long career of taking amazing portraits of famous people.

Director: Luke Dodd, Michael Whyte
Producer: Luke Dodd, Michael Whyte
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 30m