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Adam Faith

by Daniel Farson
vintage bromide print, 1962
12 1/8 in. x 9 7/8 in. (307 mm x 251 mm) image size
Given by Daniel Farson, 1994
Photographs Collection
NPG x135679

Sitterback to top

  • Adam Faith (1940-2003), Singer and actor. Sitter in 19 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Daniel Farson (1927-1997), Photographer and writer. Artist or producer of 47 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.

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Events of 1962back to top

Current affairs

After a series of by-election defeats, the prime minister, Harold MacMillan organises a drastic cabinet reshuffle, dismissing one third of his cabinet. Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe's wry comment summed up the desperate action: 'greater love hath no man than this, than to lay down his friends for his life.'
Britain suffers the 'Big Freeze' with no frost-free nights between 22nd December 1962 and 5th March 1963.

Art and science

The Beatles have their first hit with Love Me Do and release their first album Please Please Me.
The new Coventry Cathedral is consecrated and creates a showcase for British artistic talent with the first performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, a wall hanging by Graham Sutherland, stained glass by John Piper, and sculptures by Jacob Epstein and Elizabeth Frink.

International

The world comes to the brink of nuclear war with the Cuban Missile Crisis. In response to the USA's nuclear advantage, the USSR sent missiles to Cuba. The crisis lasted for 12 days before a deal was finally stuck between Khrushchev and Kennedy in which the Cuban missile bases were dismantled in return for the secret removal of US missiles from Turkey.

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Rob Finnis

11 December 2016, 03:29

Daniel Farson took this photograph of Adam Faith in January 1958 when the latter had just left a Soho skiffle group for a solo career. This was nearly two years befoe Faith broke through with his famous hit 'What Do You Want'. At the time this photo was taken, Faith's first record, a flop titled 'Brother Heartache And SIster Tears' had just been released. Farson wanted to manage Faith and briefly hung out with him. Like a lot of kids at the time, Faith was striving for the James Dean look and this is clearly evident in the teased up hairstyle. Variations of this shot all date from the same moment.