Under the Influence, John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho

 First edition, first impression of Under the Influence, John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho published in 2014 by Art Books in as new condition. Large format hardback.

 

About Under the Influence, John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho

Accompanying an exhibition at The Photographers Gallery, Under the Influence: John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho explores the hidden corners and colourful characters of this notorious part of London as seen through Deakins eyes. His circle included the painters Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, the writers Dylan Thomas, Daniel Farson and Jeffrey Bernard, and the socialites Henrietta Moraes and Muriel Belcher, proprietress of fabled drinking den The Colony Room. Deakin photographed these and other celebrated personalities alongside lesser-known Soho figures of the day. Artisans and tradesmen, from the ice-seller to the under-chef, newspaper vendor, street sweeper, vagrants and outsiders all were captured by his democratic, equitable lens.