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Eve Arnold

Eve Arnold

FromDesert Island Discs


Eve Arnold

FromDesert Island Discs

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 1996
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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
Released:
Feb 4, 1996
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.