{{Short description|British photographer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2019}} thumb|right|Self-portrait. '''Adrian John Flowers''' (11 July 1926 – 18 May 2016) was a British photographer known for his portraits of celebrities that included Twiggy, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Vanessa Redgrave.
==Early life== Flowers was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset, the son of a former Indian Army officer. His mother was a Christian Scientist.<ref name=times>[https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/adrian-flowers-zjx098ddx Adrian Flowers.] ''The Times'', 23 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016. {{subscription required}}</ref>
==Career== Flowers took exams at the Institute of British Photography in 1950 and set up a studio in Dover Street the same year.<ref name=times/> He later had a studio in Tite Street, Chelsea.<ref name="guardian_obit" /> He was known for his advertising work, particularly for Benson & Hedges cigarettes,<ref>[http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2014/07/03/article/25284/adrian-flowers-talks-to-elizabeth-avedon/ Adrian Flowers Talks to Elizabeth Avedon]. Elizabeth Avedon, ''L’Œil de la Photographie'', 3 July 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2016.</ref> and also for his portraits of celebrities that included Twiggy, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Vanessa Redgrave.<ref name=times/><ref name="guardian_obit">Amanda Hopkinson, [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/may/30/adrian-flowers-obituary Adrian Flowers obituary], ''The Guardian'', 30 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.</ref>
Flowers' assistants included Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy,<ref name="guardian_obit" /> and Chris Killip.<ref>Gerry Badger, untitled introduction to ''Chris Killip 55'' (London: Phaidon Press, 2001; {{ISBN|0-7148-4028-9}}), p. 5</ref>
==Family== Flowers married Angela Holland, who established Angela Flowers Gallery in 1970 in London. They had four children: Adam, Matthew, Dan and Francesca.<ref name="guardian_obit"/> Matthew Flowers<ref name=times/> is the contemporary art dealer who now runs Flowers Gallery. In 1985, Adrian Flowers married a second time to Francoise Lina, a French conference interpreter, and they lived until his death in southwest France.<ref name="guardian_obit" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHvMRSLqPuM/ Documentary by Luke Tomlinson] (video)
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