John Deakin (8 May 1912 – 25 May 1972) was an English photographer, best known for his work centred on members of Francis Bacon's Soho inner circle. Bacon based a number of famous paintings on photographs he commissioned from Deakin, including Portrait of Henrietta Moraes,[1]Henrietta Moraes on a Bed[2] and Three Studies of Lucian Freud.[3]
Deakin also spent many years in Paris and Rome, photographing street scenes, but his only stable period of employment as a photographer were two stints of working for Vogue between 1947 and 1954. Deakin initially aspired to be a painter, and as his photographic career waned, Deakin devoted his time to painting in the 1960s, questioning the validity and status of photography as an art form. He showed little interest in curating and publicising his own work, so many of his photographs were lost, destroyed or damaged over time.[4]
A chronic alcoholic, Deakin died in obscurity and poverty, but since the 1980s his reputation has grown through monographs, exhibitions and catalogues.
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^Hoare, Philip (16 January 1999). "Obituary: Henrietta Moraes". The Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
^"Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud: An Icon Of Twentieth Century Painting". christies.com. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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