Jill Kennington (born 2 January 1943) is a British fashion model and photographer. She is best known for her appearance in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film ''

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''.

Early life

Jill Kennington was born in the village of Riby, Lincolnshire on 2 January 1943.Jill Kennington.
''Marshwood Vale Magazine'', 1 October 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2014. She grew up on a farm there, with two sisters and a brother. She was educated at a boarding school in the Lake District, and a finishing school in Sussex.

Career

At the age of 18, Kennington started at Michael Whittaker's small "school" for aspiring models and after only two days, met

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who was about to do a major UK tour; he declared, "Darling, you are going to be my mascot".Photos: Models, Photographers, and Swinging-60s London: How Blow Up Was Made
''Vanity Fair'', accessdate: 4 September 2014 She toured as one of Hartnell's models for about a month's time. Kennington met photographer John Cowan in February 1962 and it was through her work with Cowan that she made her name as a model in the 1960s.oxforddnb.com
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accessdate: 28/08/2014 Cowan injected action and dynamism into his shoots that had previously been lacking in fashion photography. Work from that period is in the collection of the

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, while work with other photographers, including

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and

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is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. She was twice on the front cover of ''

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''. Kennington has also worked with the photographers David Bailey, Terence Donovan, Brian Duffy, Helmut Newton, Jeanloup Sieff,

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, William Klein, and Bob Richardson.About
, Jill Kennington. Retrieved 28 August 2014. Kennington discussed her transition from model to photographer in an interview with ''

'' in 2013. She continues to work as a model and is represented by TESS Management.Jill Kennington.
TESS Management. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

Personal life

Kennington's second husband is Richard Courtauld, with whom she has two children.

References

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