Blow Up: Sixties Photography Exposed

21 September 2002 - 27 April 2003
Room 32
Free

Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 film Blow Up which starred David Hemmings as a photographer in “Swinging Sixties” London, this display was based around six newly-acquired photographs by David Bailey. His portraits of Michael Caine, Mick Jagger, Jean Shrimpton, Jane Birkin, Kenneth Tynan and Robert Fraser with Jann Haworth were shown alongside other works by leading photographers, focusing on the icons of sixties film, fashion and pop music.

Besides several portraits of the stars of Blow Up including David Hemmings and Sarah Miles, the display also featured portraits of models Jill Kennington and Melanie Hampshire as well as a group picture of four Beatles wives and girlfriends.

David Bailey

Mick Jagger
by David Bailey
December 1964
NPG P952

Mick Jagger
By David Bailey
Bromide print, December 1964
NPG P952

Robert Fraser and Jann Haworth
By David Bailey
Bromide print, October 1968
NPG P953

Jean Shrimpton
By David Bailey
Bromide print, 1963
NPG P954

Kenneth Tynan
By David Bailey
Bromide print, November 1968
NPG P955

Twiggy
by Ronald Traeger
February 1967
NPG x125452

Michael Caine
By David Bailey
Bromide print, May 1965
NPG P951

Jane Birkin
By David Bailey
Bromide print, March 1969
NPG P950

Sounds of the Sixties

David Bailey
By Terry O’Neill
Bromide fibre print, 1965
NPG x125464

Donovan
By Lewis Morley
Cibachrome print from original transparency, 1965
NPG x87161

John Lennon
By Robert Whitaker
Cibachrome print, 1965
NPG P734

The Beatles
By Robert Whitaker
Cibachrome print, 1966
NPG P733

Cynthia, Julian and John Lennon
By Robert Whitaker
Cibachrome print, May 1965
NPG P732

Brian Epstein
By Robert Whitaker
Double exposure bromide print, June 1964
NPG P737

The Rolling Stones
By Gered Mankowitz
Digital C-type colour print, 1965
NPG x88063

Jean Shrimpton; Terence Stamp
by Terry O'Neill
1964
NPG x125463

The Who
By Colin Jones
Iris print, January 1966
NPG x125447

Beatles Wives
By Ronald Traeger
Bromide fibre print, September 1967
NPG x125445

Cliff Richard and the Shadows
By Angus McBean
Bromide print, 1961
NPG P912

Ravi Shankar
By Ida Kar
Vintage bromide print, 1960s
NPG x125458

Brian Epstein
by Robert Whitaker
June 1964
NPG P737

Dusty Springfield
By John D. Green
Bromide print, 1967
NPG x88427

Cilla Black
By Baron Studios
Half-plate film negative, 1965
NPG x125393

Sixties Film and Fashion

Jill Kennington and Melanie Hampshire
By Norman Parkinson
Bromide print, 1963
NPG x30110

London Fashion Designers
By Norman Parkinson
Bromide fibre print on card mount, 18 October 1963
NPG x30111

The Shadows
by Angus McBean
1961
NPG P912

Adam Faith and models
By Norman Parkinson
Bromide print on card mount, 15 October 1962
NPG x30035

Melanie Hampshire
By Norman Parkinson
Bromide print on card mount, 1963
NPG x30107

Twiggy
By Ronald Traeger
Cibachrome print from a transparency of vintage print, February 1967
NPG x125452

Twiggy
By Ronald Traeger
Cibachrome print from a transparency of vintage contact sheet, February 1967
NPG x125453

Melanie Hampshire; Jill Kennington
by Norman Parkinson
1963
NPG x30110

Alan Bates
By Frances McLaughlin-Gill
Bromide fibre print, 1965
NPG x46520

Sarah Miles
By John D. Green
Bromide print, 1967
NPG x88428

Julie Christie
By John D. Green
Bromide print, 1967
NPG x88430

Jane Asher
By John D. Green
Bromide print, 1967
NPG x88429

London Fashion Designers
by Norman Parkinson
18 October 1963
NPG x30111

John Stephen
By Angela Coombes
Cibachrome print, 1960s
NPG x125457

Caroline Charles
By Allan Ballard
Vintage bromide print, 1960s
NPG x125460

David Hemmings
By Terry O’Neill
Bromide fibre print, 1966
NPG x125462

Terence Stamp and Jean Shrimpton
By Terry O’Neill
Bromide fibre print, 1964
NPG x125463

Dusty Springfield
by John d'Green
1967
NPG x88427

Allan Ballard/John Cowan
By Allan Ballard
Vintage bromide print, 1960s
NPG x125461

Charlotte Rampling
By Lewis Morley
Cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87166


Jean Shrimpton
by David Bailey
1963
NPG P954