Title:	Physique - The Life of John S. Barrington
Author:	Rupert Smith
Published by:	Serpent's Tail, 1997
ISBN:	1-85242-374-9 [trade paperback, 224 pages]

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In the bomb-blasted streets of wartime London, an eccentric figure stalked through the blackout sporting a monocle, long hair, a malacca cane and a camera slug round his neck. In a brightly-lit underworld of cafes and bars he chased the soldiers, sailors and airmen adrift in the West End looking for love and a bed for the night. He befriended them, seduced them - and photographed them.

Over the following decades, John S. Barrington established himself as a pioneer of physique photography - the genteel forerunner to the porn explosion of the 1970's.

Physique: The Life of John S. Barrington recalls bohemian life in London, paris and New York, the outlandish and illegal schemes that often ended in prison, and a series of strange friendships with celebrities from Coward and Cocteau to Lennon and Bob Marley.

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