λ Lewis Morley (British 1925-2013) Peter O'Toole Two contact sheets and five black and white photographs, circa 1963 Six stamped with copyright credit stamp and variously inscribed (verso) Two 20.5 x 25.5cm (8 x 10 in.); the remaining 21.5 x 16.5cm (8½ x 6½ in.) Unframed (7) The present group of photographs are believed to be unseen and unpublished prints from a 1963 photoshoot with the actor. The exact date of printing is not known. One example from this session is held by the National Portrait Gallery, see https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw08745. This work was also published in Terence Pepper, Lewis Morley: Photographer of the Sixties, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 15 September 1989 - 7 January 1990), p. 75. Morley was born in Hong Kong to English and Chinese parents and was interned in Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong between 1941 and 1945. When the family was released, they emigrated in the United Kingdom. He studied at Twickenham Art School for three years and spent time as a painter in Paris in the 1950s. Perhaps best known for his photographs of Christine Keeler, Morley began his career with assignments for magazines such as Tatler. He was also a successful theatre photographer for over 100 West End productions. Morley emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in 1971. He did studio and commercial work photographing, notably for food and architecture and worked with interior designers such as Babette Hayes and Charmaine Solomon, until his retirement in 1987. In 1989, he collaborated with curator Terence Pepper in staging his first museum retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery, London and subsequently donated all the images printed for the exhibition as part of a larger archive of his work. His first autobiography 'Black and White Lies' was published in 1992. In 2006, an extensive exhibition showcasing 50 years of Morley's work was displayed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Titled 'Lewis Morley: 50 Years of Photography', the exhibition included 150 of his works covering fashio, theatre and reportage, many of which had never been seen. Morley died in September 2013, aged 88. His archive was subsequently donated to the National Media Museum in Bradford, England.