Fashion photographers are journalists that use images instead of words. They are artists whose job is to stir emotions and provoke reactions. If they don't then they are just taking pictures for catalogues.

The 60s ushered in a new era of fashion photography. Photographers like David Bailey and Brian Duffy were capturing models in what looked like un-posed ‘action’ poses for the first time. Photographers were portraying models laughing, running and with their hair blowing in the wind, instead of the stiff poses of the previous decades.

Some of these photographers became celebrities and were an integral part of the swinging 60s. David Bailey had a bad-boy image and was the inspiration for David Hemmings' character in the film Blow-up. 

Last updated: June 01, 2003

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