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#oliverbernard by #johndeakin https://www.instagram.com/p/BrdthfLhF2E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15y9pfkesd74s

[ramirollona]

#francisbacon retratado por #johndeakin (en London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT8LXHpLElE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ninaundercover-blog]

John Deakin and the Lure of Soho.

When finding yourself exhausted by the High Street big firms and shoppers, there's no better hide away than The Photographers' Gallery. After a day at Red's office, I ventured myself into this cozy and charming gallery, a real hidden treasure in the heart of Soho. I was about to miss this fantastic show, when I glimpsed some weird looking paintings out of the corner of my eye, on my way out. A selection of artists' photographs, street and fashion shots for Vogue make this exhibition a captivating portrait of Soho and London in its golden days. It is refreshing seeing Deakin's eclectic body of work on display, ranging from collage, painting and photographs that makes this a warm and diverse exhibition. The indelible and common element that ties together Deakin's beautiful prints is undoubtedly the grain that adds credibility as well as physicality to the images; something irreplaceable that I will forever seek in digital photographs. While looking at Restaurant' signs and their owners, captured while posing in a carefree attitude, a range of more staged shots reveal the bohemian lifestyle of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Deakin seems to me a virtuous forerunner of Richard Avedon.