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Portraits of Swinging London

Updated 10:50 AM EST, Thu February 8, 2018
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Brian Duffy was one of the generation's most prominent -- and controversial -- fashion photographers.
Paulene Stone, Colour Gels, Town Magazine (1963) —
Brian Duffy was one of the generation's most prominent -- and controversial -- fashion photographers.
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive
Senior gallery manager Amy Thornett said he recorded "modern Britain during a significant period of social and cultural transformation."
Jane Birkin, Floating Queen (1965) —
Senior gallery manager Amy Thornett said he recorded "modern Britain during a significant period of social and cultural transformation."
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive
 "Sixties Style: Shot by Duffy" at London's <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proudonline.co.uk%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Proud Central</a> gallery brings together 30 images from the archive of Brian Duffy.
Jean Shrimpton, Studio Photograph (1963) —
"Sixties Style: Shot by Duffy" at London's Proud Central gallery brings together 30 images from the archive of Brian Duffy.
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive
Senior gallery manager Amy Thornett called his archive "the perfect portrayal of the Swinging Sixties."
John Lennon with UFO Detector (1965) —
Senior gallery manager Amy Thornett called his archive "the perfect portrayal of the Swinging Sixties."
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive
"From Jean Shrimpton to Grace Coddington, Michael Caine to David Bowie, Duffy captured each personality with a playful and commanding duality, challenging the typical notions of a studio portrait," Thornett said in an email.
Michael Caine Smoking (1964) —
"From Jean Shrimpton to Grace Coddington, Michael Caine to David Bowie, Duffy captured each personality with a playful and commanding duality, challenging the typical notions of a studio portrait," Thornett said in an email.
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive
Along with his friends (and fellow East Londoners) David Bailey and Terence Donovan, Duffy, who died in 2010, defied the conventions of fashion photography, bringing models out of the studio and into the streets for magazines like British Vogue, French Elle and Esquire.
Beach Shadow, Morocco (1963) —
Along with his friends (and fellow East Londoners) David Bailey and Terence Donovan, Duffy, who died in 2010, defied the conventions of fashion photography, bringing models out of the studio and into the streets for magazines like British Vogue, French Elle and Esquire.
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive
<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proudonline.co.uk%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank"><em>"Sixties Style: Shot by Duffy"</em></a><em> is on at Proud Central in London until March 18, 2018. </em>
Queen, Kings Road (1968) —
"Sixties Style: Shot by Duffy" is on at Proud Central in London until March 18, 2018.
Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive

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