Foreward

by Bryan Forbes CBE - film director, actor and writer

Those consistently in the public eye must inevitably suffer the often unwanted attentions of both professional and amateur photographers. Whether it is the fan armed with an instamatic or the paparazzi with his intrusive long focal lens, the results seldom merit inclusion in the National Portrait Gallery, but remain to haunt us through the years. Added to the slings and arrows aimed at anybody deemed newsworthy, are the negatives that forever trap the ravages of time that flesh is heir to, and can always be used to our detriment.