Photographic Portraiture

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fashion and portrait photography of the previous decade.
Bailey's mapping of the '60s was marked by two collections of portraits; David Bailey's Box of Pin-ups in 1965 and Goodbye Baby and Amen in 1969. Powerful portraits of musicians including Mick Jagger, Lennon and McCartney reflect the stature of these 60s media heroes in these volumes. And actors such as Michael Caine and Marianne Faithful. Along with models Jean Shrimpton and Sue Murray. Baileys portraits are characterized by close cropping, strong lighting and often stark, bare backgrounds; which have given them a dramatic and enduring intensity. With most of his models Bailey had a very close rapport that brought a certain level of intimacy to his photographs, which was unique amongst his contemporaries. Some examples of his work can be seen on page six. In these examples you can clearly see Baileys simple yet distinctive style, the two small photographs of Michael Caine and Mick Jagger clearly show that Bailey has lit ...

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would give every model a different personality and look to what the public eye was familiar with. Many of her photographs use the body as well as the face as a means of expression, which is unusual for a portraitist.

One of her portraits, which represent the era very well, is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger taken in 1979. It is an excellent representation of the all out obsession with self-maintenance and gym mania that took place in the eighties. In contrast it's so different to the portraits in which all you see in a "body armour" that most individuals seem to need. Anne's pictures represent people relating to each other in a non-defensive way; this is only possible because of the ...

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