John Swannell; David Bailey

1 portrait of David Bailey

© John Swannell / Camera Press

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John Swannell; David Bailey

by John Swannell
archival digital print, 1971
20 3/8 in. x 15 3/8 in. (519 mm x 390 mm) image size
Given by John Swannell, 2011
Photographs Collection
NPG x134776

Sittersback to top

  • David Bailey (1938-), Photographer and film-maker. Sitter in 19 portraits, Artist or producer of 35 portraits.
  • John Swannell (1946-), Photographer. Sitter in 2 portraits, Artist or producer of 128 portraits.

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  • John Swannell (1946-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 128 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This enlarged contact sheet shows Bailey (b.1938) with his then assistant, Swannell (b.1946) who had joined his studio in 1969. Other important sessions in which Swannell assisted Bailey appear in the book Goodbye Baby and Amen (1969).
This assisted self-portrait was taken in 1971, after a session photographing the Milan fashion collections for Italian Vogue.

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Current affairs

The United Kingdom changes to the Decimal System for currency, getting rid of shillings, and guineas and simplifying the denomination of pounds into 100 pence. This brought the British pound sterling in line with other currencies and made computer calculation easier.

Art and science

Michael Caine stars in the filmGet Carter, a British crime classic about a man who sets out to get bloody revenge on the gangsters that killed his brother.

International

The Immigration Act consolidated previous legislation in order to limit immigration, by requiring applicants to hold a work permit and introduced the concept of right of abode.
In Uganda, Idi Amin overthrows President Milton Obote and becomes dictator.

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