This hugely entertaining portfolio allows us an insider's peek at the charmed era of London in the '60s and '70s.
Peter Schlesinger arrived in England in 1968 as a wide-eyed twenty-year-old with his partner, David Hockney, to study painting. He stayed on for ten years and moved in some of the city's most intriguing social and artistic circles. Manolo Blahník, Paloma Picasso, Ossie Clark, Cecil Beaton, Bianca Jagger, Christopher Isherwood and Bryan Ferry all became friends, along with other prominent figures in the worlds of art, ballet, music, photography, film and society.
Schlesinger was not only one of Hockney's favourite models but a gifted artist in his own right, with a tireless interest in documenting the amazing world of London bohemia. His privileged position resulted in intimate photographs of friends and acquaintances in everyday situations, taken in London and Europe.
A Chequered Past guides us with a wry eye through the artists' studios, fashion shows, country houses and gay discos that made London such a magnet during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Schlesinger provides lengthy, entertaining captions that remind us why London was such a swinging and sometimes outrageous scene.
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