Background
Terence Spencer was born on March 8, 1918, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
The Aston Webb Building in Chancellor's Court, the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Terence Spencer was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palms during World War II.
Terence Spencer was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palms during World War II.
(Terence Spencer toured with the Beatles for six months, d...)
Terence Spencer toured with the Beatles for six months, during which time he helped Ringo with his own photography collection (as well as amassing more than 5,000 negatives). He was introduced to the band by his daughter, a huge fan.
1964
(This photograph of The Smiths was taken in their mid-1980...)
This photograph of The Smiths was taken in their mid-1980s pomp, the year the band recorded their only UK number one album, Meat Is Murder. Johnny Marr and an uncharacteristically winsome Morrissey dominate the foreground.
1985
Terence Spencer was born on March 8, 1918, in Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
Terence Spencer attended Birmingham University for two years before the start of World War II.
Since 1972 Terence Spencer has freelanced, mainly for Time-Life. He photographed for Life magazine from 1952 to 1972, covering the Black African continent and Southeast Asia until 1963, when he joined the magazine's London bureau.
Prior to that, Terence Spencer ran an aerial photographic business. He won the Picture of the Year award from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) in 1964 and an award from World Press Photo at The Hague in 1969.
The photographer's essays for Life were on such topics as the Beatles, Abu Simbel, the 1967 Israeli war, Biafran starvation, Bobby Kennedy in the Ivory Coast, Vietnam, and the Mau Mau in Kenya.
The Beatles
(Terence Spencer toured with the Beatles for six months, d...)
1964The Smiths
(This photograph of The Smiths was taken in their mid-1980...)
1985Robert Plant
(Here the Led Zeppelin lead singer is walking through his ...)
1976Marianne Faithfull
(When Spencer shot Marianne Faithfull, she was living on l...)
Sir Roger Moore
(The late Sir Roger Moore, with himself as 007 on the wall...)
1987Scan - In Paris
1964Sir Richard Branson
British children playing outdoor games
Fans at the Beatles concert in Bournemouth on 16 November 1963
Beatles fans