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Jack English (born 13 June 1948) is a photographer, known for his work in the film and music industry. ==Early life== English is the first of two sons born in Leicester, to businessman Jack English and Dutch mother Jansje Schoen. He attended Ashby Grammar School. Friends of English at the time include Leicester natives fashion photographer David Parkinson and musician Ric Grech (Family and Blind Faith) both of whom died young. English’s younger brother William attended the London Film School in 1972, encouraging Jack to move to London where he worked at the International Telephone Exchange on Carter Lane. In the autumn of 1978, Jack was involved in setting up a PX clothes shop in Covent Garden with Roger Burton. He and Burton then left to form Contemporary Wardrobe, leading to a commission to supply the costumes for the film ''Quadrophenia'' and independent styling work for MPL (Paul McCartney), Italian Vogue and Boulevard. After his mother’s death from cancer, English spent five years working for oil companies in Madagascar, Nigeria and rigs in the North Sea, eventually becoming a flaneur/plongeur in his brother William’s restaurant in London’s Borough Market (Dining Room 1980-1990). Here, his brother introduced him to avant-garde film. In 1981, an interview English conducted with Kenneth Anger in New York was published in ''Time Out'' magazine, and was later republished in the summer 1983 edition of ''On Film''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack English (photographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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