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'''Stirling Henry Nahum'''<ref name=npg /> (1906 - September 1956<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last=New York Times online|title=Pay Articles from September 1956 part 5|url=http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1956/articles_1956_09_00004.html|archiveurl= |
'''Stirling Henry Nahum'''<ref name=npg /> (1906 - September 1956<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last=New York Times online|title=Pay Articles from September 1956 part 5|url=http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1956/articles_1956_09_00004.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508104327/http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1956/articles_1956_09_00004.html|archivedate=8 May 2012|quote=STIRLING H. NAHUM DIES; Was Official Photographer at Coronation of Elizabeth II.|work=The New York Times}}</ref>), or '''Sterling Henry Nahum''' (sources differ), known professionally as '''Baron''', was a society and court photographer in the United Kingdom.<ref name=npg>{{cite web|last=National Portrait Gallery|title=NPG Photographic holdings - prints Collections|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection/photographic-holdings-collections.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528082938/http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection/photographic-holdings-collections.php|archivedate=28 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=marilyn>{{cite web|last=immortalmarilyn.com|title=Marilyn's Photographers - Ted Baron|url=http://immortalmarilyn.com/MarilynPhotographerNBaron.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421012637/http://immortalmarilyn.com/MarilynPhotographerNBaron.html|archivedate=21 Apr 2012}}</ref> |
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He was born in England of Italian Jewish heritage. Having embarked on a career as a photographer, in his thirties he began to find prominence for his pictures of the ballet, and was often found at the [[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]] ballet company. After the war he concentrated on society and celebrity portraits.<ref name=getty>{{cite web|last=Butson|first=Matthew|title=The Forgotten Ones|url=http://corporate.gettyimages.com/masters2/press/articles/BWP_Nahum_Sterling_Baron.pdf|archiveurl= |
He was born in England of Italian Jewish heritage. Having embarked on a career as a photographer, in his thirties he began to find prominence for his pictures of the ballet, and was often found at the [[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]] ballet company. After the war he concentrated on society and celebrity portraits.<ref name=getty>{{cite web|last=Butson|first=Matthew|title=The Forgotten Ones|url=http://corporate.gettyimages.com/masters2/press/articles/BWP_Nahum_Sterling_Baron.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814034405/http://corporate.gettyimages.com/masters2/press/articles/BWP_Nahum_Sterling_Baron.pdf|archivedate=14 Aug 2011|publisher=Getty Images}}</ref> |
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A friend of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] he was appointed a Court Photographer to the British Royal Family, and took the official photographs for many occasions such as the wedding of Philip to [[Queen Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]] in 1947, the christenings of their children [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles]] and [[Anne, Princess Royal|Anne]] and other occasions.<ref name=marilyn /> Put forward in 1953 by Prince Philip to provide the official photographs of the [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]], he was to be disappointed. The appointment of [[Cecil Beaton]] was preferred by the [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Mother]]<ref name=c4>{{cite news|last=Channel 4|title=The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors (2008)}}</ref> |
A friend of [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] he was appointed a Court Photographer to the British Royal Family, and took the official photographs for many occasions such as the wedding of Philip to [[Queen Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]] in 1947, the christenings of their children [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles]] and [[Anne, Princess Royal|Anne]] and other occasions.<ref name=marilyn /> Put forward in 1953 by Prince Philip to provide the official photographs of the [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]], he was to be disappointed. The appointment of [[Cecil Beaton]] was preferred by the [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Mother]]<ref name=c4>{{cite news|last=Channel 4|title=The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors (2008)}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:02, 14 September 2016
Stirling Henry Nahum[1] (1906 - September 1956[2]), or Sterling Henry Nahum (sources differ), known professionally as Baron, was a society and court photographer in the United Kingdom.[1][3]
He was born in England of Italian Jewish heritage. Having embarked on a career as a photographer, in his thirties he began to find prominence for his pictures of the ballet, and was often found at the Sadler's Wells ballet company. After the war he concentrated on society and celebrity portraits.[4]
A friend of Prince Philip he was appointed a Court Photographer to the British Royal Family, and took the official photographs for many occasions such as the wedding of Philip to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, the christenings of their children Charles and Anne and other occasions.[3] Put forward in 1953 by Prince Philip to provide the official photographs of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, he was to be disappointed. The appointment of Cecil Beaton was preferred by the Queen Mother[5]
The following year, he founded Baron Studios on Park Lane in London's Mayfair, taking commissioned portraits by photographers including Theodore Zichy and Rex Coleman[6] mainly of leading businessmen. However, one notable sitter was Marilyn Monroe, whom in 1954 he went to California to photograph in an outdoor shoot.[3] After only two years of this new venture, however, Baron died at the age of 50, although his studio continued for a further two decades before being sold off in 1974. The Studio's photograph collection was donated to the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.[1]
References
- ^ a b c National Portrait Gallery. "NPG Photographic holdings - prints Collections". Archived from the original on 28 May 2013.
- ^ New York Times online. "Pay Articles from September 1956 part 5". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012.
STIRLING H. NAHUM DIES; Was Official Photographer at Coronation of Elizabeth II.
- ^ a b c immortalmarilyn.com. "Marilyn's Photographers - Ted Baron". Archived from the original on 21 Apr 2012.
- ^ Butson, Matthew. "The Forgotten Ones" (PDF). Getty Images. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 Aug 2011.
- ^ Channel 4. "The Queen's Coronation: Behind Palace Doors (2008)".
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Baron Studios on the National Portrait Gallery website