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During the centuries, each epoch was registered through the eyes of great painters. Through their paintings we get to understand from economics to sociology, making history books more interesting. When photography was discovered, the commitment to portray reality faithfully became a photographer’s job, setting artists free to create more abstract art.

David Bailey is the swinging sixties photographer, that music, behavior and therefore, fashion revolution that happened in London during the 60’s. While Mary Quant invented the miniskirt, Bailey tried to spill his creativity through fashion. “The only way to be creative was through fashion photography”. But just as important as his a-m-a-z-i-n-g covers and editorials were his portraits — from Andy Warhol to a young Mick Jagger, Catherine Deneuve to the Jean Shrimptonand Jane Birkin (yes, the one from the bag) it girls. It was through Bailey’s lenses that the world discovered what (the hell) was happening in London.

Bailey himself was an icon from the time and the inspiration to the main character in Blow Up (in Brazil, Depois daquele beijo), from Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, know as much for its sex scenes as for its incommunicableness — a portrait of a generation that couldn’t “communicate” to the universe around (the baby boomers).

At the beginning of last year, Bailey got an exposition at Bonhams in London “Pure Sixties Pure Bailey”. Do you suppose that’s where all the 60’s swing references from the recent seasons come from?