ARTIST IN FOCUS: GERED MANKOWITZ

Stones caged, Mason Yard, 1965
Silver gelatin print

Day 1: This group of images are from Gered Mankowitz first ever shoot with the The Rolling Stones, in 1965. Mankowitz had taken the time to scout a building site close to his studio in London, before inviting the band to the location. ⁠”While scouting the place, I had spotted the cage (used to transport bricks at the time) and thought it would be great to get the band inside the cage and for them to play with it as much as possible.”

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Stones Ormond Yard, Mason Yard,1965
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Stones On the Wall, Mason yard, 1965
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The Rolling Stones, “Out of Our Heads”, 1965
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Day 2: The Rolling Stones “Out of Our Heads” UK album cover, was shot in a building site in Ormond Yard in London in 1965. Mankowitz describes the band as easy, fun and exciting to work with. “There was never any hierarchy in the band, or needing to place one of the boys in the front of the shot. I directed them into shape or space and let them respond. I didn’t think about who had to be in front or not, I only thought about the composition from a visual and creative point of view.”

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Between the Pages, Primrose Hill, 1966
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Day 3: “By late 1966 I had been working with the Stones for nearly two years and felt completely comfortable with them when we decided to shoot a session in the early morning after an all-nighter in the recording studio. ⁠I had made a home-made filter of glass, black card and vaseline which gave a weird and strange feel to the photographs as though the guys were merging with the environment – it was quite druggy which suited the times and the band perfectly!⁠”⁠One of the images from this session became the cover for the 1966 “Between the Buttons” album. ⁠

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Smiling Buttons , Primrose Hill, 1966
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Moody Buttons, Primrose Hill, 1966
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Between the Buttons, Primrose Hill, 1966
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Day 4: ⁠”⁠I had been hanging out with the band all night while they were recording tracks for the Between the Buttons album. When they finished early that morning, I thought that the band looked great, energised and high on their music, so I suggested getting a session in. ⁠The boys were loose and very hungover but happy after working all night on their album. There was a certain electricity and adrenaline from the music they had just recorded, which I think translated well into the images”.⁠

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Between the Buttons, Primrose Hill, 1966
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More Smoke, 1967
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Day 5: “When I first saw Jimi play in a seedy club in Soho late 1966, I immediately knew that wanted to shoot with him as he was one of the most amazing looking people I had evert seen.⁠ ⁠We had a great few hours in the studio. Jimi responded to the camera incredible well with a natural and penetrating gaze that gave the portraits an intimacy that has spanned the decades and still looks fresh to this day!”⁠

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Paisly, 1967
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Blue Metal, 1967
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Day 6: More than 20 years after photographing Jimi Hendrix, Mankowitz revisited his iconic images by adding colour to them. In 1967 when Mankowitz photographed Jimi he only used black and white film. He realised through experimenting with digital post-production that he could add colour and texture to his original images, he has since then produced over 25 “new” images of Jimi Hendrix. ⁠

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Classic Colour, 1967
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Marianne Faithfull, The Salisbury Pub, 1964
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Day 7: Gered Mankowitz met Marianne Faithfull in 1964, and immediately fell under her spell and developed a strong friendship with her. It was when she was recording her first album that Mankowitz suggested doing a session in a pub in central London called The Salisbury. ⁠”Marianne was a curious mixture of having a shy personality but equally enjoying being in the spotlight. I love this picture of her where you can see the men’s reflection in the mirror looking at her, combined with the coy smile on her face”. ⁠

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Marianne Faithfull, Salisbury Pub, 1964
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Marianne Faithfull, Come My Way,1964
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