By the late 1960s Tweedie became known as a " swinging London ’ " photographer as she was seen walking a black Pekingese dog and drove a MGB convertible . She set herself further assignments and this was funded by cover portraits of celebrities for the '' Radio Times '' and the '' Reader 's Digest '' magazines and technically demanding work including the Embassy cigarettes gift catalogue . Tweedie 's work for charities and non-governmental organisations were always subsidised and helped advertising agencies and catalogues . She also covered the Paris student riots in 1968 and photographed the singer Bob Dylan at the Isle of Wight Festival 1969 . Tweedie was denied commissions to cover the 1971 East Pakistan crisis and photographed Air India 's in-flight meals at Heathrow Airport in order to obtain a ticket to Calutta ( now Kolkata ) . She was contacted by '' The Sunday Times '' after the newspaper used a photograph of hers on one of its front pages . Tweedie and several colleagues travelled into East Bengal by rickshaw when India declared war on Pakistan . The group was arrested by the Indian Army who mistaken them for spies . They were imprisoned in a gaol and Tweedie was isolated in the women 's section
Isle of Wight Festival 1969
Isle of Wight Festival 1969
Penny Tweedie