Reggie Kray and grandfather (1964) - DuffyI'm sad to say that Brian Duffy has died.
Known simply as Duffy, he was one of three working class photographers who changed photography and art in the 1960's.
Duffy had a notoriously difficult personality and will be remembered for burning his negatives. Like Dennis Hopper who also died this week, I think this aspect of Duffy overshadowed his work which was a pity because he was a class act. Duffy had a beautiful mind, creative and erudite, we owe him a round of applause.
David Bowie as Aladdin Sane (1973) - Duffy
Just read a bit about him. I still have a huge wall collage of images from the "swinging sixties" on my guest bath wall. I don't think any of the shots were his, but he worked with the models shown in some of the vintage ads I found. Wickipedia says a documentary about him was released earlier this year. I'll have to check it out.
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