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John Reardon

John Reardon was a photographer and picture editor for the Observer

June 2023

  • Horseplay … Mark of Esteem

    ‘Like movie stars!’: horses as you’ve never seen them before – in pictures

    Shooting hooves as if they were Louboutin heels and inviting stallions to smoulder down the lens, John Reardon’s horse photographs take us on a wild ride

March 2019

  • Steppers, Kanta Korotania and her sister Amerjit and Tony

    Handsworth's self-portrait project 40 years on: 'Giving people that voice was extraordinary'

    In 1979, Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon put a pop-up outdoor photography studio in the Birmingham suburb where passersby could take their own pictures

September 2018

  • Drunken reveller outside a hamburger store in Ibiza.
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    Observer picture archive
    Observer picture archive: Ibiza, 9 September 1984

    Photographer John Reardon and reporter Robert Low travelled to the Balearic island to witness the problem of young Brits on holiday.

May 2018

  • TheThe Brazda camp in Macedonia in 1999, which housed refugees from the Kosovo war.  NATO established Brazda camp in Macedonia housing refugees from the Kosovo War. April 1999.

    John Reardon obituary

    Photographer and Observer picture editor whose work ranged from capturing the stark reality of war to the world of celebrity chefs

April 2018

  • Daily life in Handsworth, Birmingham, 1980-1984.

    John Reardon: From 70s realism to celebrity chefs – a true artist at work

  • Refugees from the war in Kosovo on the Albanian and Macedonian borders. April 1999

    The photography of John Reardon

January 2018

  • Heston Blumenthal August 2015
royalty free ducks brought by John Reardon

    Classic photography from the OFM archives

    Classic images to celebrate Observer Food Monthly’s 200th issue

December 2016

  • brixton riots 1981

    The Observer at 225
    Seven decades of classic photography from the Observer

    As the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper celebrates its 225th birthday, we bring you a selection of its award-winning photojournalism – from the 1950s to the present

October 2013

  • Rene Redzepi

    Chefs of the decade
    Observer Food Monthly's chefs of the decade - in pictures

    From Nigella Lawson to Ferran Adrià, Jamie Oliver to Heston Blumenthal and more. See all 10 nominees for the chef of the decade

November 2003

  • Who wants the chef's special?

    Thirty years ago Britain could only boast 25 Michelin stars. Today, there are 122. To celebrate, we invited our top chefs to break bread together - and asked what they’d cook for their last supper.
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