Photographs by Lord Snowdon and Cecil Beaton feature in a new exhibition about the history of photography.

The show, at Littlehampton Museum, explores 150 years of portrait photography.

It includes 62 pictures, starting with 19th Century prints taken in the early days of photography and moving through the 20th Century to photographers who are working today.

Portraits of Mick Jagger and Tony Blair are some of the photographs of well-known figures on display.

The exhibition has been touring Britain since its debut on the Isle of Wight in 2000.

It was created by the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, which is dedicated to preserving the home where Cameron began her pioneering work as a photographer in the 1860s.

John Singleton, chairman of Littlehampton Town Council's community resources committee, said: "This is an extremely interesting exhibition.

"The museum has an impressive collection of photographic equipment on display and these pictures do much to show what could be done with the cameras of the time.

"It also complements the museum's collection of historic photographs and shows that pictures can be more than snapshots, they can be works of art."

A History of Photography runs from Friday until March 29.