Neil Libbert (photographer)
The big picture
The big picture: Neil Libbert gets snowballed in 60s HarlemThe photojournalist’s stealthy approach couldn’t save him from New York kids being kids
The big picture
The big picture: New Yorkers ice-skate into the 1960sThe Observer and Guardian photographer Neil Libbert’s winter shot of Central Park remains one of his favourites decades on
Observer picture archive
Observer picture archive: Cardboard city, 23 April 1989Neil Libbert visited the encampment in the subways near London’s Waterloo station on numerous occasions, capturing the despair of the homeless.
Observer picture archive
Observer picture archive: Voting in Rhodesia, 2 March 1980Photographer Neil Libbert documented Zimbabwe’s first election since the end of white minority rule for the Observer. Robert Mugabe won a landslide victory in the historic poll.
Observer picture archive
Observer picture archive: Andy Warhol at the Tate Gallery, 18 February 1971The controversial pop artist appeared at the opening of his London exhibition and photographer Neil Libbert captured the frenzy for the Observer
Observer picture archive
Observer picture archive: Barbara Windsor in The Threepenny Opera, 2 February 1972Photographer Neil Libbert captured the Carry On star in her dressing room at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London where she was in rehearsal to play the role of Lucy
Flat caps and bowler hats: Neil Libbert's bygone Britain – in pictures
For six decades, the celebrated Guardian photojournalist has chronicled everyday British life. Here, he trains his lens on postwar austerity – and flying cats
The Observer at 225
Seven decades of classic photography from the ObserverAs 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
Neil Libbert’s New York street scenes
The Observer photojournalist arrived in the city in the 1960s as a young man and set to documenting his first impressions of its wild life
Neil Libbert: the faces that came to define an era – in pictures
An exclusive preview of the National Portrait Gallery’s solo exhibition of photographs by Neil Libbert, which celebrates his 55 years as a photojournalist
