(1920 - 1991)
In the bomb blasted streets of wartime London, an eccentric figure stalked through the blackout sporting a monocle, long hair, a Malacca cane and a camera slung around his neck. In the brightly lie underworld of cafes and bars he chased the soldiers, sailors, and airmen, adrift in the West End looking for love and a bed for the night. He befriended them, seduced them - and photographed them.
Over the decades, John S. Barrington established himself as a pioneer of physique photography - the genteel forerunner to the porn explosion of the '70s.
He was also the first famous photographer to discover Rick Wayne in London...
(excerpt taken from the autobiographical book "PHYSIQUE - The Life of John S. Barrington" by author RUPERT SMITH)
