
Born 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, American photographer David Montgomery is known for his portraits of the rich and famous. He studied music at the Juilliard School of Music. He was an assistant to photographer Lester Bookbinder in New York and accompanied him on a working visit to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s and stayed.
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Fashion photography by David Montgomery in the 1960s |
Montgomery’s photographic subjects have included Bill Clinton, Lucian Freud, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Margaret Thatcher, Peter O’Toole and Andy Warhol. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been included in The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. For his photograph of Hendrix, which is shown in the inside cover of the 1968 album Electric Ladyland, Montgomery started a fire using a can of petrol to photograph flames behind Hendrix.
Montgomery also photographed Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, being the first American to do so, after which he said that he was never frightened of a subject again, going on to photograph five Prime Ministers.
These stunning black and white photos are part of his work that David Montgomery took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the 1960s.
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Heide Wiedeck in white wool jersey dress belted with a white leather string by Adele Simpson, hat by Halston, photo by David Montgomery, Harper’s Bazaar, January 1964 |
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Jean Shrimpton in a fitch coat with optional belt by Mary Quant with hat to match, gold knit dress from Ginger Group Collection, photo by David Montgomery, Harper’ Bazaar UK, November 1964 |
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Jean Shrimpton in culotte suit in Pittard’s navy leather by Elma Sportswear, sweater at Fenwicks, photo by David Montgomery, Harper’s Bazaar UK, October 1964 |
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