Ronald Falloon Photography: 1962 Shrimpton in Susan Small XL

Jean Shrimpton wearing Susan Small, photographed by Ronald Falloon, 1962.

This range of Falloon's photography, unseen for several decades, has been recently released and is for sale online exclusively through Vintage Seekers in very limited edition.

Known as the man who 'shot the 60s' for his iconic and evocative period shots, Ronald Falloon is a talented yet lesser known contemporary of David Bailey and Terence Donovan.

Falloon's images have remained largely unseen until their London exhibition at Nolia's Gallery in 2007 and Liberty department store in 2010.

An icon of Sixties London and girlfriend of David Bailey, Jean Shrimpton is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. Photographed by Falloon wearing a white gown and coat by Susan Small, the British ready-to-wear firm specialising in party dresses and evening attire. Shrimpton's angular pose creates a wonderful composition against the geometric background of the spider's web.

Edition of 12 black and white silver gelatin print. Mounted with white 1.5mm acid free museum quality mount board, framed in a black stained ash frame. Signed and numbered by Ronald Falloon.

Born in Calcutta in 1937, Ronald Falloon's family fled India as the Partition violence broke out. While studying music at Heidelberg University with little motivation, Falloon's college roommate convinced him to come and stay in the south of France for the summer. There he landed a summer job taking snapshots of sunbathers on Cannes beach at the time that To Catch A Thief was being filmed. A friend was struck by his raw talent and suggested he pursue photography.

Fallon found himself in the middle of Swinging Sixties London and landed a job as an assistant to the renowned English fashion photographer, John French. Falloon worked for all the same fashion houses and publications, and shot the same models, celebrities and musicians as his more famous contemporaries, but never shared their notoriety and fame due to his comparatively reserved and modest character. Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy were among the famous faces who dropped into his Drury Lane studio to model the new liberated fashions of the 1960s.

In 1968 he left to go to Canada on a reportage contract, but when he returned to London in the early 1970s he felt that London had changed; it was no longer the creatively vibrant city it had been a decade before and the aesthetic in vogue had become dour and uninspiring for him. He went on to deal in antiques and work as a photographers' agent, although he continued to produce the design and photography for many LP covers, including those of Brian Ferry and Roxy Music.

Image size (unframed): Width 59cm x Height 76cm

Image size (framed): Width 78cm x Height 97cm

Read our magazine interview with Ronald Falloon here