Frank HABICHT
In the 1960s, the conservative postwar years in England gave way to a period of upheaval, with a younger generation dreaming of an unconstrained life, one full of free love, peace, and harmony. On the streets of the British capital, German-born Frank Habicht photographed the profound social and political changes that were underway.
Frank Habicht, who began his career after he graduated from the Hamburg School of Photography in 1962, worked as a freelance photographer for publications such as Twen, Esquire, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. In his varied career he has also worked as a stills photographer for the film directors Roman Polanski, Bryan Forbes and Jules Dassin, as a freelance photographer for Top of the Pops (1969) and as the in-house photographer for Hugh Hefner's Playboy Club in London (1970). Although Frank photographed some of the most iconic faces of the 1960s such as Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg and The Rolling Stones, he also had the ability to capture the essence of the decade through his images of lesser known individuals. Much of this work can be found in his book Young London's Permissive Paradise published in 1969 - a much sought after collectable.
