Harry Benson’s portrait of the Queen Photo: Harry Benson/Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Foi divulgada uma nova fotografia oficial da rainha Isabel II.
A nova foto foi exposta na Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
A imagem, tirada na Sala de Audiências do Palácio de Buckingham, é da autoria do fotógrafo escocês Harry Benson.
O artista sentiu-se honrado pelo privilégio de retratar a soberana e revelou que teve a possibilidade de escolher a cor do vestido que a rainha usou para esta fotografia.
Harry Benson já fotografou muitas celebridades. Entre elas, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Clint Eastwood, Kate Moss e Fred Astaire.
Harry Benson
Acclaimed photographer Harry Benson has taken a new portrait of the Queen: 50 years after he first captured Her Majesty opening a coal mine.
The photographer was commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, their first commissioned of the Queen.
The photographer was commissioned by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, their first commissioned of the Queen.
Benson said he had first taken a photograph of the Queen in 1957 but said the new photograph was “truly a highlight of my career”.
In the image, the Queen is dressed in violet and wearing a gold and diamond brooch featuring thistles, the national emblem of Scotland.
He explained he chose the colour and dress the Queen would wear for the portrait, and added: “My teachers at the Eastwood School in Glasgow would be amazed.”
In the portrait, the Queen is looking out of the window with a slight smile, close to sheer curtains.
In the image, the Queen is dressed in violet and wearing a gold and diamond brooch featuring thistles, the national emblem of Scotland.
He explained he chose the colour and dress the Queen would wear for the portrait, and added: “My teachers at the Eastwood School in Glasgow would be amazed.”
In the portrait, the Queen is looking out of the window with a slight smile, close to sheer curtains.
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