Would you like to see images from the likes of Don McCullin, David Bailey or Terry O’Neill? I thought so!… then read on for more information.
I n February 1962, the Sunday Times launched the first colour magazine. “My God, this is going to be a disaster,” groaned Roy Thomson, the then owner of The Sunday Times. Newspapers in those days were dull dogs and the idea of putting a colourful magazine with a paper was seen as barmy.
Mark Boxer, the first editor of the Magazine, later recalled, “A curious truth soon emerged: readers liked it – so much so that about a quarter of a million new readers were attracted to the newspaper.”
Fifty years on, and much emulated, the Magazine is marking its half century with a free exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, showcasing the world class writing and photography which has defined the Magazine for five decades.
The exhibition, which opens on Tuesday 31 January and runs until Sunday 19 February, excluding February 11-14, will highlight the work of the world’s finest photographers for the Magazine, including Don McCullin, David Bailey, Eve Arnold, Snowdon, Terry O’Neill, Richard Avedon, Eugene Richards, Stuart Franklin and Sam Taylor-Wood.
The contribution made to the Magazine by renowned writers such as Ian Fleming, Martin Amis, Bruce Chatwin, Zoe Heller, James Fox and Nicholas Tomalin, will also be celebrated.
A special anniversary issue will be also published on February 5, which will feature articles by award-winning writers including Lynn Barber, Camilla Long, AA Gill, Tim Rayment and David James Smith, who have regularly produced first-class interviews, stunning reportage and high-impact exclusives for the Magazine.
The Sunday Times Magazine 50th Anniversary Exhibition, sponsored by Lexus, will be at the Saatchi Gallery, London from Tuesday, January 31, to Saturday, February 19. Entry is free. The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 6pm
Words and images courtesy of The Sunday Times Magazine
