David Bailey's box of pin-ups
Photograph
1965 (printed and published)
1965 (printed and published)
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David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Each portrait is accompanied by notes by Francis Wyndham. Together, they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties.
Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Michael Cooper was a photographer who was part of the Rolling Stones entourage and worked for the influential Robert Frazer gallery in Mayfair. With the artist Peter Blake, he also created the cover for the Beatles 'Serjeant Pepper's' album. Here, he re-enacts a Peter Blake self portrait, the badgesand t-shirt declaring his enthusiasm for American popular culture, an influence on the circle of Pop artists associated with the Robert Frazer gallery.
Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Michael Cooper was a photographer who was part of the Rolling Stones entourage and worked for the influential Robert Frazer gallery in Mayfair. With the artist Peter Blake, he also created the cover for the Beatles 'Serjeant Pepper's' album. Here, he re-enacts a Peter Blake self portrait, the badgesand t-shirt declaring his enthusiasm for American popular culture, an influence on the circle of Pop artists associated with the Robert Frazer gallery.
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| Materials and techniques | Half-tone print |
| Brief description | Michael Cooper, half-tone print from 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups', by David Bailey, published 1965 |
| Physical description | Black and white half-tone portrait against white background of Michael Cooper, hands on hips with denim jacket open to reveal 'New York University' t-shirt and a plethora of badges. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mark Haworth-Booth |
| Object history | David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models. As the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. The portraits constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties. |
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| Summary | David Bailey rose to fame as a fashion photographer in the early 1960s, his photographs. He published 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups' in 1965 as a loose portfolio of 36 portraits of the mainly-male fashionable elite that, as the cover description states, 'belong to Bailey's own world of fashion, pop music and the Ad Lib [nightclub]'. Each portrait is accompanied by notes by Francis Wyndham. Together, they constitute a celebration of the growing celebrity culture of the Sixties, and many of them have become the definitive images of key figures of cultural life in London during the Swinging Sixties. Surprisingly, only four of the pin-ups are women, all of whom are models; as the notes explain, 'in the age of Mick Jagger, it is the boys who are the pin-ups'. Michael Cooper was a photographer who was part of the Rolling Stones entourage and worked for the influential Robert Frazer gallery in Mayfair. With the artist Peter Blake, he also created the cover for the Beatles 'Serjeant Pepper's' album. Here, he re-enacts a Peter Blake self portrait, the badgesand t-shirt declaring his enthusiasm for American popular culture, an influence on the circle of Pop artists associated with the Robert Frazer gallery. |
| Bibliographic reference | David Bailey's box of pin-ups, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964 |
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| Accession number | E.2047:9-2004 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2004 |
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