Showing posts with label brian duffy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brian duffy. Show all posts

Friday, December 3, 2010

The Man Who Shot the Sixties

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The Man Who Shot the Sixties is a BBC documentary on photographer Brian Duffy, who defined the look of '60s London along with fellow photographers and friends David Bailey and Terence Donovan – so much so that at the height of their influence, the Sunday Times called them the "Terrible Trio".

Duffy gave up photography in 1979 and burned most of his negatives, but resumed working in 2009, mounting a major solo exhibition (his first) at Chris Beetles Gallery in London. He died earlier this year at the age of 76 but over the past several years his son Chris has been instrumental in bringing Brian Duffy's work back into the limelight. A book is planned for 2011 and you can see more images now at duffyphotographer.com.

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PS: An interesting piece of dot connecting: in the early 1970s Duffy formed an agency (Duffy Design Concepts) with graphic designer Celia Philo, the mother of fashion designer Phoebe Philo.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

That Swing


Jean Shrimpton, early '60s, by photographer Brian Duffy

Brian Duffy, who along with David Bailey and Terence Donovan helped define the look of London in the 1960s, has died at the age of 76. Here's a small selection of his iconic images.

John Lennon

Grace Coddington, 1960

William S. Burroughs, 1960

Fashion photo for Queen Magazine, 1965

Nina Simone with her daughter Simone, 1965

"How to undress in front of your husband" series with Amanda Lear and a Panton chair

David Bowie as Aladdin Sane, 1973

The Year In Pictures has a nice remembrance of Brian Duffy and I'm sure many more are to follow.

The black and white images shown above are available from
Chris Beetles Gallery [click to browse more and purchase]