Eight Bells: Eileen Ramsay
Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Published on February 10th, 2017
Source: Barry Pickthall, PPL Photo Agency
Eileen Ramsay, the Queen of British yachting photography during the post war years, died on February 8 at the age of 101.
Ramsay recorded the explosion in small boat sailing during the 1950s and 60s, capturing not only the boats but sailing pioneers like Francis Chichester (*left photo), Alec Rose, Col Blondie Hasler and French legend Eric Tabarly, then pressing the frontiers of solo passage making across the Atlantic and around the world.
Her famous archive includes images of Olympic sailors Keith Musto and Tony Morgan, Silver medallists at the 1964 Games at Tokyo in the Flying Dutchman Class (*lower left photo), and Rodney Pattisson and Iain MacDonald-Smith who won Gold for Britain in the same Flying Dutchman class at the Mexico Games in 1968 in the Flying Dutchman two-man trapeze dinghy (*lower right photo). She also recorded the career of Charles Currey, who won Silver at the Helsinki Games in 1952, and Robin Aisher, who represented Britain in the 5.5m keelboat class at the 1960 and ’64 Games before finally winning Bronze at the Acapulco regatta in ’68.
Other noted sailors to have fallen within Eileen Ramsay’s focus have been Stewart Morris, Gold Medal sailor at the 1948 Games in Torquay, fellow International 14 champion and Olympic representative Bruce Banks, and Sir John Oakeley, the son of wrestling champion Sir Atholl Oakeley, who became one of Britain’s most successful dinghy champions in the 60s and 70s, winning the Merlin Rocket Class championship three times in succession before going on to win the Flying Dutchman world championship.
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'Queen of yachting' captures sailing's
golden era on film
By Stina Backer for CNN
Updated 1353 GMT (2153 HKT) May 28, 2012
Story highlights
Eileeen Ramsey began her professional
career as a 22-year-old in 1937
She pioneered the water-level
photography angle, now an industry standard
Her career took off in the 1950s and
1960s when sailing enjoyed a post-war explosion in Britain
The water-level shot - Eileen Ramsay
pioneered the water-level photography angle - shooting images of sail boats from as close to the water as
possible. (Photo1)
Composition - According to Ramsay, a
real photographer doesn't just takes a photograph, they "make" one by working hard to get the best angle.
This beautifully-composed image was shot at the 1962 Cowes Week Regatta. (Photo2)
Eileen Ramsay - Ramsay's career took off
in the 1950s and 1960s, when the sport of sailing enjoyed a post-war explosion in Britain. Here she is
with her trusted Rolleiflex camera in the summer of 1963. (photo3)
Racing past Parliament - Ramsay made
sure she was present for the first dinghy race in central London, was held on the river Thames in 1956. (Photo4)
'Black Sails' - This award-winning
photograph from 1945 is one of the first nautical-themed images that Ramsay took and is entitled "Black
Sails." It remains one of her personal favorites. (Photo5)
'Flying Dutchman' - Sailing legend and
clothing company founder Keith Musto is seen here fighting for second place against a French rival
during the 1964 "Flying Dutchman" European championships. He and his sailing partner went on to win a silver
medal at that year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Phhoto6)
Collision caught on camera - Ramsay
would always make sure she placed herself where the action was. Here she manages to catch the collision
beween a competing yacht and a spectator boat at the 1969 Cowes Week Regatta in England. (photo7)
True colors - Ramsay began taking color
pictures in 1962 and set up her own color developing process two years later -- but it took several more
years before magazines and newspapers could actually print in color. (Photo8)
In perfect balance - This 1968 shot is
of British Olympic hopefuls Rodney Pattisson and Ian MacDonald-Smith on board a "Flying
Dutchman." Ramsay recalls that she wasn't allowed to photograph the inside
of the boat: "They were much faster than
everyone else and didn't want to give any ideas away to the competition," she said. (Photo9)
Dragons in action - Ramsay, who spent
her early career doing portrait photography, says she somehow always knew how to successfully compose
photograps. Here she lines up a number of "International Dragon" boats, racing during the 1966 Cowes Week
Regatta in England. (photo10)
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Limited edition copies of her biography ‘Eileen Ramsay – Queen of Yachting Photography',
signed by the photographer are available for £25 + p&p from
www.southatlanticpublishing.com
https://issuu.com/pplmedia/docs/eileen_ramsay_final_low_res
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