The Black Trinity

After deciding to go to art school to study photography, I was faced with the questions of "Why? What do you hope to accomplish?" "I don't know," and "I just want to hang out with cool interesting people" were not good enough answers so that's when I turned to inspiration from the very people that inspired me to become a photographer in the first place (besides Linda, obviously). None other than the first real celebrity photographers turned celebrities themselves: David Bailey, Terence Donovan, and Brian Duffy. Called 'the terrible trio' by newspapers and dubbed 'the black trinity' by the great Norman Parkinson, Bailey, Donovan, and Duffy started one of the many revolutions that took place in the 1960's by deciding to break down existing photographic conventions. What's so fascinating to me is that these men became just as, if not more, famous than the people they photographed. And right there is my answer. These men captured and helped create my most favorite, most fascinating time in history: Swinging London. How mind blowing would it be if I could do that as well?! To capture and create and take part in a cultural scene that starts an art  revolution and changes history forever? And all the while rubbing elbows not only with musicians, but actors and royalty. It's the best of the both worlds that I want to be a part of and that sounds like a perfect answer to me. Below are just some of my favorite photos taken by Bailey, Duffy, and Donovan.

Bailey:

Duffy:

Donovan:

Photoshoot: Gill by Sam Haskins

This lovely mystery girl is probably better known as the girl on The Last Shadow Puppets album cover.  According to Sam Haskins, a revolutionary photographer of the 1960's, Gill was an art student who just walked into his studio one day and was a natural in front of the camera. Gill was one of the models featured in his 1962 photo book Five Girls.

“I became like a band member whose instrument was the camera.”

One of the things I find interesting about photography in general are the photographers. Who is that mysterious person behind the lens? Linda McCartney was probably the first leading female rock photographer of the Sixties and one of my favorite photographers of all time. I actually have a couple of posts planned about Linda, but on this one, instead of focusing on the future icons she photographed, I'll focus on their photos of her.

Jim Morrison

Brian Jones

Eric Clapton

Graham Nash

 Jimi Hendrix

Paul McCartney

(photos via child of the moon)

This Will Be Our Year

Youthquake 2010: These images were taken by the great Steven Miesel for the January issue of Vogue. The photographs of model Sasha Pivovarova posing with up and coming bands harks back to the John French photoshoot that Pattie Boyd did with The Rolling Stones. Sasha also got to pose with Dhani Harrison for the Fashion Rocks: Here Comes the Son photoshoot way back in 2008.

Then:

Now :

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