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.
This portrait shows the model Celia Hammond and Gordon Waller, of the pop duo Peter and Gordon. The caption notes compare them to Echo and Narcissus - 'the insubstantial beauty and the peacock male.'
This portrait shows the model Celia Hammond and Gordon Waller, of the pop duo Peter and Gordon. The caption notes compare them to Echo and Narcissus - 'the insubstantial beauty and the peacock male.'
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| Materials and techniques | Half-tone print |
| Brief description | Celia Hammond and Gordon, half-tone print from 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups', by David Bailey, published 1965 |
| Physical description | Black and white portrait of the model Celia Hammond embracing the singer Gordon Waller. |
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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]'. 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. |
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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. This portrait shows the model Celia Hammond and Gordon Waller, of the pop duo Peter and Gordon. The caption notes compare them to Echo and Narcissus - 'the insubstantial beauty and the peacock male.' |
| Bibliographic reference | David Bailey's box of pin-ups, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965 |
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| Accession number | E.2047:29-2004 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2004 |
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