User:Leslie Smithers

Leslie Smithers [ Les Smithers ], Photographer, born Coventry 1949. Ida Kar recruited Leslie Smithers, Lawrence Ellar & John Couzins to form her group KarSEC in 1968. [ interviewed for National Portrait Gallery's magazine 'Face to Face' 2010: www.npg.org.uk/assets/files/pdf/.../IdaKar_Interview_FacetoFace.pdf ]. Portrait of Joseph Cyril Bamford,CBE,[founder of JCB Excavators Ltd] acquired by the National Portrait Gallery : www.npg.org.uk › Collections. Awarded Honorary Fellowship of Coventry College of Art & Design in 1986. Portrait of rock-group Badfinger acquired by the National Portrait Gallery : www.npg.org.uk › Collections.

REFERENCE: KarSEC / Mal Evans of the Beatles Apple Corps Ltd / Derek Taylor of the Beatles of Apple Corps Ltd / Zoe Dominic Photography / Kodak solo show / Harrod's 'Way In' Boutique / JCB Excavators Ltd / Rolls Royce Motors Ltd / Coventry College of Art Honorary Award / The National Portrait Gallery