David Bailey's box of pin-ups
Photograph
1965
1965
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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'. Brian Jones was the rhythm guitarist for the Rolling Stones, a much-photographed group.
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'. Brian Jones was the rhythm guitarist for the Rolling Stones, a much-photographed group.
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| Materials and techniques | Half-tone print |
| Brief description | Brian Jones, half-tone print from 'David Bailey's box of pin-ups', by David Bailey, 1965 |
| Physical description | Close up black and white image of Brian Jones, his face silhouetted against a grainy grey background and his hair picked out white by top lighting. |
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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. 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'. Brian Jones was the rhythm guitarist for the Rolling Stones, a much-photographed group. |
| Bibliographic reference | David Bailey's box of pin-ups, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965 |
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| Accession number | E.2047:11-2004 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2004 |
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