EPISODE · Feb 4, 1996 · 36 MIN
Eve Arnold
from Desert Island Discs · host BBC Radio 4
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the world's outstanding photojournalists, Eve Arnold. The first American woman member of the famous photographic co-operative, Magnum, she'll be talking about how her passion for photography began with the present of a camera, and how, since then, she has travelled the world in search of arresting pictures, living with hippy communes and with the black power movement, as well as photographing some of the great movie stars, including Paul Newman, Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe, with whom she had a close friendship for 10 years.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Flute Concerto No 1 in D Major Op 44R Op 44 by Antonio Vivaldi Book: Arabian Nights (1000 and One Nights) Luxury: Dark room, film and camera
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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the world's outstanding photojournalists, Eve Arnold. The first American woman member of the famous photographic co-operative, Magnum, she'll be talking about how her passion for photography began with the present of a camera, and how, since then, she has travelled the world in search of arresting pictures, living with hippy communes and with the black power movement, as well as photographing some of the great movie stars, including Paul Newman, Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe, with whom she had a close friendship for 10 years.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Flute Concerto No 1 in D Major Op 44R Op 44 by Antonio Vivaldi Book: Arabian Nights (1000 and One Nights) Luxury: Dark room, film and camera
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