This is the small paperback 1970 reprint this classic volume, a whos who of the sixties. In many ways Bailey helped create the Swinging London of the 1960s, mixing the culture of high fashion with celebrity chic. As such, Bailey became as famous as the people he photographed, who included fashion designer Mary Quant, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, singers Marianne Faithfull and Sandie Shaw, actresses Mia Farrow, Catherine Deneuve and Geraldine Chaplin, actors Peter Sellers and Michael Caine, and models Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy and Penelope Tree. Bailey's direct, 'in your face', high contrast portraits, which showed an indebtedness to Irving Penn and Richard Avedon, established a look which still dominates editorial portraiture to this day. His tightly cropped images, which broke many of the established rules of photography, fitted the times well and brought a new style of transparency and full exposure to the burgeoning celebrity culture. In over 40 years Bailey has felt no need to change the way he shoots his subjects, predominantly using black and white film, shooting with minimal props, and employing striking contrasts between light and dark tones. Condes Nast,London and Glasgow 1969 0900303069 Hardcover, 237 pages 14" x 11"
