Brian DuffyPhotographer

June 1933 – May 2010

•Born in London on the 15th•Childhood during WWII

•Trouble Maker•Terrorizing the streets

•Moved from school to school

• He began as a Painter

• Soon switching to dress design

• At 21 got married and had 4 kids

Vidal Sassoon - 1969

• 1953, he worked at Susan Small Dresses

• He was assistant designer

• He was offered many jobs, but refused them.

John Lennon - 1965

• 1955, he began freelancing for Harper’s Bazaar

• This brought him to photography

• He urged to be a photographers assistant

Michael Caine - 1964

• Worked: -Carlton studios -Cosmopolitan Artists

• Became assistant photographer for Adrian Flowers

Jean Shrimpton - 1963

1957 - 1963

• He worked with top models

• Worked with David Bailey and Terence Donovan

• By British press they were “Terrible Three”

• Brian Duffy, “Before 1960, a fashion photographer was tall, thin and camp. But we three are different: short, fat and heterosexual!”

• He worked in magazines and newspapers

• 1967, he made a film production company

• He partnered with Len Deighton

• It was called: Deighton Duffy

• 1979, he gave up photography

• 1983, he directed a music video ( Spandau Ballet's "Gold“ )

• In 2009 he returned to photography

• He shot pictures of the same people from the 60’s and 70’s.

• He died May 31st 2010 from degenerative lung disease

References:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Duffy_(photographer)

• http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/top-10-most-famous-photographers-of-all-time/