Peter Sellers - The Party
This is a visual footnote to my interview with Sarah Sellers, Peter Sellers' daughter. She hosted a VIP Press Party in Beauchamp Place on Tuesday October 27 to launch the exhibition -- Peter Sellers -- Behind The Camera (on til Nov 1). The snug white-walled pop-up gallery was a perfect venue for the mainly black and white photos. All very White Cube chic and a world away from the technicolor of the original Peter Sellers Movie -- The Party, in which he plays a gauche outsider among the beautiful people.
Resisting the temptation to utter the Sellers' character's immortal greeting "Howdy Partner" to the celeb guests, I grabbed myself a glass of wine and enjoyed the views. I did do a pap on Sinitta, who obliged by posing and pointing at a photo. But, I freely admit, the ones taken below by the photographer David Parry/PA are heaps better.
The photography curator Terence Pepper was at the do too. As he isn't as recognisable as say, Jeremy Irons or Neil Pearson (both pictured below), I missed my chance to quiz him on the recent Audrey Hepburn exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery he worked on. Another time, another photo opportunity, perhaps...
Sarah and Emily Sellers
Sarah Sellers, Sinead Cusack and Jeremy Irons
Sinitta
Neil Pearson
19 Beauchamp Place -- til November 1 2015
