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John Maybury

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John Maybury

by David Gwinnutt
modern bromide print from original negative, 1982-1983
14 3/4 in. x 10 1/8 in. (375 mm x 257 mm) image size
Purchased, 2016
Photographs Collection
NPG x199675

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  • John Maybury (1958-), Film director. Sitter in 4 portraits.

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  • David Gwinnutt (1961-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 21 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Derek Jarman introduced Gwinnutt to the film-maker John Maybury: ‘Derek really liked the photographs I had taken of him and asked me who I’d most like to photograph. I said David Bowie. He laughed and said I should photograph John Maybury.’ Maybury was prominent in the British underground film movement, and with Evans and Jarman pioneered a style of ‘untrammelled excess’ using rich colour, elaborate theatricality and hallucinogenic visuals. This meditative portrait was taken one morning in Maybury’s Camden flat as he smoked his first cigarette of the day.

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Current affairs

Unemployment hits 3.6 million in the UK, with one in eight people out of work. The crisis came about as a result of industrial modernisation and restructuring. As a result those out of work were referred to as 'Maggie's millions'.
Charles and Diana have their first child, Prince William, who becomes the second in line for the throne.

Art and science

Richard Attenborough releases his biopic Gandhi, starring Ben Kingsley as the lead. The film was an Anglo-Indian production, featuring a record-breaking 300,000 extras.
The Barbican Arts Centre is opened featuring a concert hall, theatres, cinema screens and an art gallery. In 2003 it was voted London's ugliest building in a BBC poll.
The Thames Barrier opens to protect London from floods due to rising sea levels.

International

Argentina occupies the Falkland Islands beginning the Falklands War. Britain retaliated, and after three months of fighting at sea and on land won back the islands. Following the British victory opposition grew in Argentina towards the military government, while in Britain a wave of patriotism helped Margaret Thatcher to win the general election the following year.

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