William Leith

No one ‘got’ the Sixties better than David Bailey

His extraordinary images of models, rock stars and even murderers perfectly capture the atmosphere of change, excitement and glamour

Jean Shrimpton, photographed by David Bailey in 1965. Credit: ©David Bailey

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