Brian duffy

David Bailey was Born in 1938 in London, he learned to shoot by himself, before joining the RAF in Malaysia in 1957. In 1959 he became a photographic assistant at the John French studio In 1961 being contracted as a fashion photographer for British Vogue magazine. With model Jean Shrimpton, he became known as one of the key photographers of the decade, capturing "swinging London", along with Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy. The three photographers socialised with musicians, actors,gangsters…

Aladdin Sane. Photo by © Brian Duffy, 1973.

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See inside the exhibition dedicated to photographer Brian Duffy

In black, white and red, the icons of the 60s strut their stuff and throw the coolest shapes

Duffy Archive presents David Bowie at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, featuring previously unseen images of the Lodger and Aladdin Sane cover shoots

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Jean Shrimpton ~ UK Vogue 'At Sea'. July 1966

Was there ever a more chic decade than the 1960s? We think not.