SHOWBIZ legends Mae West, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin are just some of the stars featuring in a new photographic exhibition.

All 30 photographs in the exhibition, called Celebrity, are by acclaimed British photographer Terry O'Neill.

He has been photographing some of the biggest names in show business for the past 45 years, with his work gracing the pages of Vogue, Playboy, Life Magazine, Paris Match and Rolling Stone.

Some of the photographs have never been seen in public before and include stars such as Michael Caine, Groucho Marx, Clint Eastwood and members of The Beatles.

Celebrity has recently been on show at The National Portrait Gallery in London and The Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester.

The exhibition opens today at Nunnington Hall, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, and runs until June 25.

The hall's property manager, Simon Lee, said: "We are very excited about this exhibition. Terry is one of the great names of British photography. The photographs in the show look fantastic and offer a great cross-section across his career. Anybody that enjoys fine art photography is going to love this show."

Published: 01/05/2004