David Bailey: Four Beats to the Bar and No Cheating
8th of March: 7.30pm 10th of March: 3:30pm 11th of March: 7:30pm and 14th of March: 1:30pm
One of the 'terrible trio' of British fashion photographers, David Bailey has done it all. His work has graced the pages of Vogue; he's friends with rock star Mick Jagger and has worked with many of the world's great models, including Jerry Hall and Jean Shrimpton.
Bill Cunningham New York
9th of March: 1:30pm 10th of March: 8:30pm and 13th of March: 6:30pm
Magnificently moving, this portrait of octogenarian photographer Bill Cunningham is a revelation. There really is no one else quite like Bill. He has worked for decades, capturing the fashion mood on New York's streets while chronicling fashion trends and high society gatherings for The New York Times.
Beaton by Bailey (aka Bailey on Beaton) + Dressed for Summer 2012
9th of March: 6:30pm 12th of March: 3:30pm and 14th of March: 3:30pm
This meeting of two great photographers is a rare treat. Sixties wunderkind David Bailey spends some quality time with society portrait and fashion photographer and Academy Award-winning costume and set designer Cecil Beaton. A who's who of fashion and society from the early 70s contribute their thoughts and personal anecdotes Beaton, including writer Truman Capote, fashion editor Diana Vreeland, artist David Hockney, fashion designer Ossie Clark and models Penelope Tree, Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton.
Blow-Up
9th of March: 9pm 11th of March: 3:30pm and 13th of March: 1:30pm
This season would be incomplete without Antonioni's stylish film, Blow-Up. Set in swinging sixties London, the film features David Hemmings as a character that is photographer David Bailey in all but name, who by chance captures a murder on film.
Duffy: The Man Who Shot the 60s
10th of March: 6:30pm 12th of March: 1:00pm and 13th of March: 8:30pm
Along with Terence Donovan and David Bailey, Brian Duffy completed the 'terrible trio' of in your face cockney fashion photographers who revolutionised fashion imagery in the 1960s.