Birth of the Cool: 1957-1969 - Hardcover

Martin Harrison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670888184 ISBN 13: 9780670888184

Publisher: Viking Studio, 1999

Synopsis

More than two hundred duotone and color photographs from Britain's most famous photographer highlight a retrospective look at the London of the 1960s, when David Bailey ran with and documented the hippest and most trend-setting figures of the era.

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Review:

David Bailey's name is synonymous with the Swinging Sixties, when fashion photography became big business, and the man behind the camera could become as famous as the celebrities who posed for him. And Bailey was the most famous--the East End boy who became best friends with the Beatles and the Stones, the husband of actress Catherine Deneuve, and lover of model Jean Shrimpton--chronicling them all in a series of unmistakable, unforgettable shots. David Bailey: Birth of the Cool delves into the photographer's archive and reproduces some of his earliest work (the 1959 wedding of a neighbor's daughter was one of his first professional gigs), previously unpublished documentary film stills, and the spectacular images of quintessential '60s mannequins Shrimpton and Penelope Tree introducing mod fashion to Vogue magazine readers. The result is a treasure-trove of images from one of the most exciting periods in the 20th century, when the cult of youth, fame, and glamour was worshipped and--in this case--most beautifully recorded. --Amazon.co.uk

About the Author:

Martin Harrison is a leading expert in the fields of both fashion photography and documentary photography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Studio
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0670888184
• ISBN 13: 9780670888184
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273