Story From Brian Donnan
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 6:24PM Story from Brian Donnan - Photographer
When I took my first photographs for Group 4 in 1977 it was just the start of over 30 years of thoroughly enjoyable assignments. I can thank JPS and Group 4 etc for introducing me to several Home Secretaries, Cliff Richard, and to many prisons - but not all at the same time.
During a private visit to Winchcombe by David Scott - the Commander of Apollo 15, and first man to drive a buggy on the moon - JPS laid on a ride in his Dormy House hot air balloon. Unfortunately, plans for the man who'd been to the moon and back, to enjoy a short flight over the Cotswolds had to be cancelled when it became too windy! We still got the photos though.
What a great man. I loved working all those years for him, and It was a privilege to also photograph family weddings and celebrations. One lasting happy memory I have of JPS is of him lobbing bottles of Champagne out to the Team Group 4 yacht as it came in first to Boston Harbour in the round the world race.
Happy days. He'll be greatly missed.
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