FAYE DUNAWAY
TERRY O’NEILL
“No image better captures both the allure and the loneliness of celebrity than this, of his future wife
Faye Dunaway, the morning after the night she won her Oscar for ‘Network’. “I wanted to capture
a look of dazed confusion, the state of utter shock that Oscar winners enter when it dawns on them
that their lives and bankability have changed forever.”
Faye Dunaway's Oscar Victory Captured:
An Unforgettable Morning at The Beverly Hills Hotel
American actress Faye Dunaway sits by the pool at the Beverley Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the morning after the Academy Awards ceremony, where she won the Oscar for “Best Actress in a Leading Role” for her part in Sidney Lumet’s satirical film “Network”
The morning of March 29th, 1977, an iconic image of Hollywood was born.
For every photo you know, there’s likely to be at least a dozen other shots from that same moment. Such is the case with the iconic image of Faye Dunaway.
As Terry O’Neill remembered: “We met a few weeks before and struck up a friendship. She was the odds-on favourite to win an Oscar for her astonishing performance in ‘Network’. I was asked to take a photo of the winner, so I convinced Faye to meet me at the pool first thing next morning.
I didn’t want to take the expected photo; the one with the actor holding the award, moments after, with a stunned expression. I wanted to capture something different. “I somehow convinced Faye to agree.”
As the legend goes, Terry convinced Faye to meet him by the pool at The Beverly Hills Hotel as early as possible the morning after the Academy Awards. True to her word, she appeared on time at the break of dawn having had barely a minute’s sleep. Terry charmed the staff to let them use the pool for an hour and while he scattered the morning’s papers at her feet, all trumpeting her success.
Faye arrived, sat in the chair and placed her golden statue on the table. And with a few snaps, an iconic image was born.
“The other shots are just as interesting. I had her move around the table a bit, asked her to stand up, zoomed out so you could see the palm trees in the distance, and then reclined the chair so she could lie down. She even changed her wardrobe at one point, from her silk dressing gown to a sharp white suit. “I wanted to capture that moment, the morning after.
The idea was to capture that moment when the actor wakes-up and it dawns on them that, overnight, they’ve not only become a star, but their entire life just changed.
“This is that moment of realisation.” / Terry O’Neill
Selected artworks from the shop
Faye Dunaway At the Pool Outtake FD013
Faye Dunaway At the Pool Outtake FD010
Faye Dunaway At the Pool Outtake FD049
Faye Dunaway At the Pool Outtake FD046
Terry O’Neill's Legacy: Posthumous and Lifetime Fine-Art Prints
POSTHUMOUS PRINTS
Terry O’Neill Archive are offering posthumous numbered, digitally signed and embossed prints in order to complete unfinished editions.
These posthumous editions will come with a certificate of authenticity, signed by the estate, and discreetly stamped indicating that the prints are digitally signed.
Posthumous estate stamped prints:
Price from GBP 3.000
LIFETIME PRINTS
Signed and numbered lifetime Terry O’Neill fine-art prints from the Terry O’Neill. Please note only a small quantity are signed and numbered by Terry O’Neill.
Lifetime signed prints:
Price from GBP 7.500
Faye Dunaway CLASSIC
Faye Dunaway at the Pool FD010 Outtake
Faye Dunaway at the Pool FD013 Outtake
Faye Dunaway at the Pool FD013 Outtake
Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway at the pool FD049 Outtake
More about TERRY O’NEILL
TERRY O’NEILL CBE is one of the world’s most collected photographers with work hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. From presidents to pop stars he has photographed the frontline of fame for over six decades.
O’Neill began his career at the birth of the 1960s. While other photographers concentrated on earthquakes, wars and politics, O’Neill realised that youth culture was a breaking news story on a global scale and began chronicling the emerging faces of film, fashion and music who would go on to define the Swinging Sixties. By 1965 he was being commissioned by the biggest magazines and newspapers in the world. The Terry O’Neill archive embraces the span of fame like no other. He photographed The Beatles and The Rolling Stones when they were still struggling young bands in 1963, pioneered backstage reportage photography with
David Bowie and Elton John and worked with such luminaries as Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine, Audrey Hepburn, Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch, Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Amy Winehouse and countless others.
Terry O’Neill was awarded the Royal Photographic Society Centenary Medal in 2011 in recognition of his significant contribution to the art of photography and an Honorary Fellowship of The Society. O’Neill was awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Photography in 2019’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. O’Neill noted at the time that it was “a huge honour. And I’m incredibly humbled by it. It’s a real recognition for the art of photography, as well. This isn’t just for me of course, it’s for everyone who has helped me along the way. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.”
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