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Photographer Terry O’Neill knew people better than he knew cameras.

“Terry had no interest in lights or physical equipment,” his longtime photo assistant Richard Pereira told The Post. “He engaged with the subject and pushed the button. Terry’s charm could be turned on like a faucet. It had a disarming effect.” That came in handy when he photographed high-profile subjects from the Queen of England to Sean Connery to Led Zeppelin. Raised in East London and breaking out as a Fleet Street shooter in 1959, O’Neill, who passed away in 2019 at age 81, shot iconic, revealing portraits. Some are collected in the recently published “Terry O’Neill: Every Picture Tells a Story” (ACC Art Books).