From the period of 1964-1966, Stanley Bielecki captured some of the most iconic faces of the music scene in swinging London. 

From Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Ginger Baker through to The Zombies and The Supremes, these photos offer a fascinating insight into the groundbreaking 60s pop boom. Come into the studio for rehearsals of Ready Steady Go or join the audience for Top of the Pops and witness candid images of music legends at the very beginning of their careers. 

These images offer a reminder of a pivotal moment in music history, when the white heat of cultural change was setting passions alight across England and the rest of the world. Working for titles such as Pop Weekly, Teen Beat and Melody Maker, Stanley’s work was destined to adorn the bedroom walls of beat-mad teenage readers. By 1965 the ‘photo cavalcade’ of Pop Weekly, a foremost example of the genre, was being entirely put together at the Avenue Studio lab run by Stanley.

The prints are presented in handmade frames and are limited edition, estate stamped. They have been produced by Barbara Wilson at Labyrinth Photographic, one of the few remaining traditional darkrooms in London dedicated to, and passionate about, the art of hand printing. A reminder that, for many of us, the past can and does enrich the present.

Exhibited at Galería In