The boozer who bottled bohemia: John Deakin's Soho photography | Art and design
His circle of friends featured Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, and he took photos of Soho's artists, writers, drifters and newsagents as we wandered from one pub to the next in the 50s and 60s. Here's a selection of his best portraits
The boozer who bottled bohemia: John Deakin's Soho photography
His circle of friends featured Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, and he took photos of Soho's artists, writers, drifters and newsagents as we wandered from one pub to the next in the 50s and 60s. Here's a selection of his best portraits
Tony Abbro, newsagent, Old Compton Street, December 1960. Photograph: John Deakin. Copyright 2014 John Deakin Archive Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Portrait of an unknown girl in a cafe, 1960s. Photograph: John Deakin. Copyright 2014 John Deakin Archive Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Contact sheet of self-portraits, 1952. (Vogue). Copyright John Deakin/Vogue Copyright 2014 The Conde Nast Publications Ltd Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Timothy Behrens, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Michael Andrews at Wheeler's, Old Compton Street, 1963. Photograph: copyright 2014 John Deakin Archive Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
