Jean Shrimpton
(1942-), ModelSitter in 18 portraits
Fashion model. Graduated from Lucie Clayton's modelling school aged 17 in 1960, the year in which she met David Bailey, while he was assisting the photographer John French. The young couple's electric partnership saw the creation of the gawky urchin nicknamed 'The Shrimp'. For three years, Bailey and Shrimpton worked almost exclusively together, travelling to New York to create the now iconic images for Vogue's 'Young Idea' and interpreting 1960s Swinging London for the Americans. In 1979, she married Michael Cox. Together, they raised a family, and found domestic bliss running a hotel in Cornwall.
Jean Shrimpton; Chris Powell and eight unknown sitters
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1961
NPG x38918
by Peter Rand
bromide print, 1962
NPG x136000
by Terry O'Neill
bromide fibre print, 1964
NPG x125463
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1964
NPG x12532
by Terry O'Neill
bromide fibre print, 1964
NPG x126318
by Ted Blackbrow, for United Press International
gelatin silver press print, 13 August 1965
NPG x202514
Jean Shrimpton and Paul Jones on set for 'Privilege'
for PictureLux
gelatin silver print, 1966
NPG x200794
by Press Association Photos
vintage print, 24 December 1969
NPG x194320
by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, August 1970
NPG x126908
Sheet music cover for 'Privilege' (Paul Jones; Jean Shrimpton)
published by Shamley Music Corporation, after Unknown artist
halftone reproduction, published circa 1967
NPG D48435
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David
02 September 2022, 18:59
I have 3 scrapbooks of Jean Shrimpton and 2 news stands advertising vogue I went to Cornwall and by chance met and spoke to her. Pure Heaven There will never be another model like her