Happy Mother's Day! Portraits of celebrity mums and daughters including Jo Wood, Liza Minnelli and Twiggy in new exhibition by photographer Terry O'Neill
- London exhibition pays tribute to Mother's Day with iconic celebrity photos
- Collection taken from archives of iconic British photographer Terry O'Neill
- Famous daughters include Holly Willoughby, Alesha Dixon and Leah Wood
British photographer Terry O'Neill has unveiled a new exhibition of celebrity mothers and daughters, including Jo Wood, Twiggy and Judy Garland, just in time for Mother's Day.
The new collection, Mum: A Snapshot, is led by Jo Wood and daughter Leah, who appear in the exhibition twice thanks to a 1981 shot of the pair on tour with Ronnie Wood and the Rolling Stones.
Capturing the special bond between mother and daughter, the show has been created in homage to the photographer's own late mother, and is free to the public this weekend, at London's White Space gallery.
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'I can tell her anything, just about anything, she's always there for me and I love her,' says Leah Wood of mother Jo, pictured here on tour with Ronnie Wood and the Rolling Stones in 1981
Leah and Jo Wood pose for the new Terry O'Neill exhibition
'I actually did it in homage to my mother who I never had a chance to thank, because she died when I was young,' Terry O'Neill told This Morning.
'I never had a chance to thank her, and as you grow older of course you appreciate your mother more.'
He added: 'So I got together this exhibition as a tribute to Mother’s Day.'
Terry has been photographing celebrities for the last 50 years and the new show features both old and new pictures.
Liza Minnelli posed with mum Judy Garland for this touching photograph in 1963, though Terry O'Neill has revealed that wasn't expecting to discover the superstar mother and daughter together when he called around to take a quick tabloid snap of the then 17-year-old Liza
A rare gem among the collection, which was created in association with online gift specialist Not On The High Street, is a touching photograph of Liza Minnelli pictured with her mother Judy Garland, in 1963.
Terry said: 'That was when I was 20 years old, I worked on the Daily Sketch, which was a tabloid paper at the time, and I got sent round to photograph Liza Minnelli.
'I go round to this mews house in Belgravia, door opens and it's Judy Garland!
'We got on well, and she made dinner for me and her daughter too.'
British supermodel Twiggy poses with her daughter Carly Lawson
Actress Emilia Fox and her mother Joanna together pose in 2008 (pictured right), next to This Morning TV presenter Holly Willoughby and mother Lynn, which was taken in 2009 (pictured left)
Other subjects in the heart warming collection include Emilia Fox and mother Joanna, Holly Willoughby and her mother Lynn, as well as British icon Twiggy and daughter Carly Lawson.
Several of the shots which feature in O'Neill's exhibition were originally intended as gifts for the husbands of the women pictured.
The 1980 shot of actress Nanette Newman, photographed with her daughters Sarah Standing and TV presenter Emma Forbes, was blown up by the photographer as a surprise present for the late Bryan Forbes, director of films including The Stepford Wives.
This shot of British actress Nanette Newman (right) with daughters Emma Forbes (top left) and Sarah Standing (bottom left) was taken in 1980, and blown up as a surprise gift for father and husband, British director Bryan Forbes
Actress Britt Eckland was still in a London hospital after giving birth to daughter Victoria when this photograph was taken in 1965, as a gift for her husband, British actor Peter Sellers
Swedish actress Britt Eckland also commissioned O'Neill to take a picture of herself with newborn baby Victoria in 1965, as a surprise gift for her husband Peter Sellers.
The photographer revealed that the actress was still in a London hospital after giving birth, but looked radiant nonetheless.
Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon also appears in the exhibition, along with Gloria Hunniford and her late daughter Caron Keating, plus models Jodie and Jemma Kidd with mother Wendy.
Model daughters: Wendy Kidd poses for a loving shot with her supermodel daughters Jemma (pictured on the left) and Jodie Kidd (pictured on the right) in 2009
Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon with her mother Beverley in 2009. Terry O'Neill's exhibition Mum: A Snapshot is open to the public this weekend, at London's White Space Gallery
TV queen Gloria Hunniford is pictured with her late daughter Caron Keating, who was also a television presenter
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