I loved this exhibition! I felt a real sense of what it would have been like to be a part of the swinging 60's with rock in full roll and all the girls wearing Mary Quant's mini skirt.
The exhibition resonates a real sense of liberty and freedom for the youth of the day and made me wish I were around then to be part of a decade which saw so much change.
London was where it was all happening and the effects were felt all over the world. Alot of the names and faces such as Lulu, Cliff Richard and Dusty Springfield were familiar to me from my parents recollections of growing up in the swinging 60's in Australia!
Pattie Boyd in a Mary Quant dress, with the Rolling Stones, photo John French. England, April 1964
All the photographs were great but with out a dobut, the ones that stood out above them all were the shots by David Bailey! You forget exactly how amazing his shots were especially for their time. He took his subjects into the studio and shot them on white backgrounds in high contrast focusing all the attention on the sitter alone. This is something that had not really been done before. Mounted along side the other shots from the same decade, you can see they have totally stood the test of time stylistically!
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Of course there were other amazing shots by very famous names such as this shot of Marianne Faithfull by Gered Mankowitz
I also absolutely loves this shot of Terence Stamp and Jean Shripmton shot by Terry O'Neil! What an amazing looking couple!
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