John Shelley, Esq

Surname: SHELLEY
Style: John Shelley, Esq
Recreations: cooking, fine wines and food, gardening, travelling the world, collecting books and films, photography

Career: professional photographer 1948-, Royal photographer 1978-; photographer Swindon Town Speedway 1950-52, mangr Leeds Cameras London 1974-1980; md and prop: JS Library Int 1978-, John Shelley Photographic Ltd, John Shelley Photography, John Shelley Int, and Library and Gallery Int 1980-81; photographer Saudi Royal Family 1975-81, private photographer to Sir Lynden Pindling PM of Bahamas 1982-83; travel and photography lectr 1980-, interviewed, photographed and prepared features on many celebrities 1983-; nat and int exhbns 1952- (incl The Royal Jubilee Display FCO 2002 and up to 180 countries worldwide for Golden Jubilee 2002); travelled to 101 countries worldwide since 1970s; fndr memb, chm and sec Assoc Buckingham Palace Accredited Photographers 1982-; chm and treas Swindon Town Young Conservatives 1949-50, sec NUPE Swindon 1953-54

Books and Publications: incl: The Man From Rome (photography, 1982), Anne: The Working Princess (photography, 1987), Down to Earth: speeches and writings of His Royal Highness Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh on the relationship of man with his environment (photography, 1988), Charles & Diana, A 10th Anniversary Celebration (photography, 1991), Elizabeth, A Biography of Her Majesty the Queen (photography, 1996); provided illustrations for numerous books and magazines