Greg Whitmore

A photographic retrospective traces Penelope Keith’s life and career from her birth in Surrey and early repertory and Royal Shakespeare Company work through major television successes including The Good Life, To the Manor Born and No Job for a Lady. It also covers her extensive stage career, award-winning performances, notable co-stars, marriage to Rodney Timpson, and her appointment as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2014.

Chris Smith, a highly decorated British sports photographer who worked for the Observer and the Sunday Times, has died aged 88. He was renowned for capturing human drama and emotion in images of figures including Muhammad Ali, Seve Ballesteros, Barry McGuigan and Allan Wells. His career included four Sports Photographer of the Year awards, major exhibitions and the 2024 book The Greatest. Born in Hartlepool, Smith began at the Hartlepool Mail, later served in the Grenadier Guards, joined the Daily Herald and moved to the Observer before spending 24 years at the Sunday Times. He retired from photography to care for his wife, Sylvia, after her stroke, and is survived by her, their two sons, four grandchildren and two sisters.

A photographic gallery surveys Chris Smith’s career, presenting emotionally charged images from boxing, athletics, golf, tennis, football, horse racing and the Olympics alongside portraits of figures including Muhammad Ali, Margaret Thatcher, David Hockney and Aretha Franklin. The captions emphasize Smith’s ability to capture tension, exhaustion, celebration and spectacle, with photographs ranging from the 1960s to the 1990s and published largely through The Observer and sports photography archives.

John Claridge, who died aged 81, built a multi-award-winning career in advertising photography while remaining best known for his intimate black-and-white images of London’s East End in the 1960s and 1970s. Raised in Plaistow, he taught himself photography and printing, trained at McCann Erickson and with David Montgomery, and later worked for major brands and tourist boards. His photographs of working-class communities, the Thames, the docks and Soho were widely exhibited and collected, and he authored around 50 books. He is survived by his second wife, Janet.

A photographic retrospective traces Robert Duvall’s career from his debut as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird through landmark roles in The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Tender Mercies, Lonesome Dove and The Judge. The gallery highlights his Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Venice Film Festival recognition, as well as his work as a writer-director in The Apostle and appearances in major films through Widows in 2018.

A photographic retrospective traces Prunella Scales's life and career from her early acting work in the 1950s through television roles in Coronation Street, Marriage Lines, Fawlty Towers, Mapp and Lucia and After Henry, as well as her theatre, film and advertising work. It also covers her marriage to Timothy West, family life, her acclaimed portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II, appointment as a CBE and later appearances in Great Canal Journeys.

A photographic retrospective traces Patricia Routledge’s career from her early theatre work in the 1950s through television dramas, comedy films and major stage productions. It highlights her roles in works including Keeping Up Appearances, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Noises Off and productions by Alan Bennett, as well as her recognition as a dame for services to theatre and charity in 2017. Routledge is identified as having lived from 1929 to 2025.

A chronological photographic biography follows Claudia Cardinale from her birth in Tunisia and breakthrough roles in Italian cinema through major films including The Leopard, 8½, The Pink Panther and Once Upon a Time in the West. The gallery also covers her Hollywood work, awards, collaborations with leading directors and actors, family life with Pasquale Squitieri, transition to stage performance, UNESCO ambassadorship and later public appearances.

A visual biography traces Robert Redford’s life and career from his 1936 birth in Santa Monica through television and Broadway work, major films including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, and his later work as a director, producer and independent-cinema advocate. It highlights his Oscar-winning directorial debut Ordinary People, the creation and growth of the Sundance Film Festival, environmental activism, and honors including an honorary Oscar and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The gallery concludes with his death in 2025.

A photographic retrospective traces Terence Stamp’s life and career from his 1938 birth in east London and 1961 screen debut in Billy Budd through major roles in films including The Collector, Superman, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and The Limey. It also documents his relationships, friendships, legal troubles, international film work and final screen appearance in Last Night in Soho in 2021.

Photographer Nick Hedges, who died aged 81, was remembered for his powerful 1960s and 1970s photographs of poor families living in Britain’s neglected urban housing. Commissioned by Shelter, he documented communities in cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle and London, using an unobtrusive and respectful approach that emphasized both harsh conditions and family dignity. His work helped raise awareness of housing inequality and contributed to social campaigning. Hedges later photographed working life, religious communities and rural areas, taught photography, and eventually released his previously restricted Shelter images. His work was exhibited internationally, published in books and recognized by the Royal Photographic Society.

French photojournalist Yan Morvan, who died aged 70 from skin cancer, was remembered for documenting war zones and people living on society’s fringes. His work covered bikers, gangs, sex workers, refugees and conflicts in places including Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Rwanda, Kosovo, Ukraine and Israel. Despite repeated injuries, kidnapping and other threats, he earned major international photography awards and produced projects such as Battlefields, Hexagone and more than 20 books. After growing tired of war reporting, he pursued more reflective projects and taught photography, while viewing his images as a way to preserve memory and expose the futility of violence.

Anwar Hussein, the Tanzania-born photographer who died aged 85, helped reshape the public image of the British royal family through candid, naturalistic photographs. After beginning as a photojournalist and celebrity photographer, he gained the trust of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles and became the longest-serving royal photographer. His close professional and personal relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, produced defining images including her handshake with an Aids patient, her work with sick children and her solitary pose at the Taj Mahal. Hussein also photographed major cultural figures, worked in film, published books and mounted the Princess Diana: Accredited Access exhibition before covering King Charles III’s coronation in 2023.

A photographic retrospective traces James Earl Jones’s life and career from his 1931 birth in Mississippi and early struggle with a severe stutter to major achievements in theatre, film and television. It highlights his Tony-winning performance in The Great White Hope, his voice work as Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King, acclaimed roles in Fences, Coming to America, Field of Dreams and other films, and Emmy-winning television performances. The gallery also documents his work portraying Paul Robeson, his Broadway and London theatre appearances, family life, awards including an honorary Oscar and National Medal of the Arts, and his enduring cultural legacy.

A photographic retrospective traces Alain Delon’s life and career from his birth in France and discovery at Cannes in 1956 through acclaimed films including Plein soleil, Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard and Le samouraï. It documents his relationships, Hollywood work, César-winning performance, Legion of Honour award and later roles, while also noting the Marković scandal and his death in 2024.

Sefton Samuels, who died aged 93, was a Manchester-born photojournalist known for documenting everyday life in north-west England over six decades. His subjects ranged from major figures such as L. S. Lowry and George Best to coalminers, bingo players, children, football fans and jazz performers. After working in the textile industry, Samuels became a professional photographer, worked for Granada TV and the BBC, founded the Sefton Photo Library, and received a Royal Academy of Arts award. His photographs are held by the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and his legacy is defined by empathetic social documentary photography rooted in northern communities.

German photojournalist Thomas Hoepker, who died aged 88, is remembered for empathetic humanist reportage spanning seven decades. His best-known images include portraits of Muhammad Ali and a controversial 9/11 photograph showing people apparently relaxing as the World Trade Center burned. Hoepker’s work on famine, disease, poverty and political division in India, Ethiopia, East Berlin, Guatemala and the United States often sought to preserve subjects’ dignity while prompting social action. He became the first German full member of Magnum Photos, led the agency from 2003 to 2007, won two World Press awards and was inducted into the Leica Hall of Fame. After an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, he retraced his 1963 US road trip with his wife Christine Kruchen; the journey became the documentary Dear Memories and the book The Way It Was.

A photographic retrospective traces Donald Sutherland’s career from his early work in British horror films through major roles in The Dirty Dozen, M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People, JFK and The Hunger Games. It also highlights his collaborations with Jane Fonda, anti-Vietnam War activism, family life, awards, international film work and appearances at Cannes and the Lumière Film Festival.

A visual retrospective traces Roger Corman’s career from his low-budget horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s through his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, biker movies and psychedelic cinema of the 1960s. It highlights his collaborations with Vincent Price, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and other future major filmmakers, his later shift toward producing more than 400 films, his brief return to directing with Frankenstein Unbound, and his receipt of an honorary Oscar in 2009.

Brian Griffin, who died aged 75, is remembered as one of Britain’s most original and influential photographers. Rising from a working-class industrial upbringing in the West Midlands, he developed a distinctive surrealist style through commercial, corporate, portrait, documentary and music photography. His images of figures including Kate Bush and Iggy Pop, and album covers for Depeche Mode and Echo and the Bunnymen, helped define the visual culture of the 1980s. He later made films and commercials, returned to still photography, documented industrial workers and Holocaust-related sites, and continued working until his death. He is survived by his son Danz and three grandchildren.