Stunning Fashion Photography by David Montgomery in the 1960s

Born 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, American photographer David Montgomery is known for his portraits of the rich and famous. He studied music at the Juilliard School of Music. He was an assistant to photographer Lester Bookbinder in New York and accompanied him on a working visit to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s and stayed.

Fashion photography by David Montgomery in the 1960s

Montgomery’s photographic subjects have included Bill Clinton, Lucian Freud, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix, Margaret Thatcher, Peter O’Toole and Andy Warhol. His photographs of Andy Warhol have been included in The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. For his photograph of Hendrix, which is shown in the inside cover of the 1968 album Electric Ladyland, Montgomery started a fire using a can of petrol to photograph flames behind Hendrix.

Montgomery also photographed Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, being the first American to do so, after which he said that he was never frightened of a subject again, going on to photograph five Prime Ministers.

These stunning black and white photos are part of his work that David Montgomery took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the 1960s.

Grace Coddington in figure-skimming ball dress in black gauze that sweeps back into fullness under a three-tiered cape-jacket by Balenciaga, photo by David Montgomery, Paris, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1964

Heide Wiedeck in white wool jersey dress belted with a white leather string by Adele Simpson, hat by Halston, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar, January 1964

Jean Shrimpton in a fitch coat with optional belt by Mary Quant with hat to match, gold knit dress from Ginger Group Collection, photo by David Montgomery, Harper' Bazaar UK, November 1964

Jean Shrimpton in black-and-white tweed suit with cropped jacket and wrap-over skirt worn with suède helmet, all by Christian Dior-London and Christian Dior Chapeaux, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1964

Jean Shrimpton in culotte suit in Pittard's navy leather by Elma Sportswear, sweater at Fenwicks, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1964

Jean Shrimpton in gold lace, bloused dress at Wallis Shops, jewelry by Adrian Mann, hair by Roger of Vidal Sassoon, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1964

Jean Shrimpton in green-and-gold pure wool and Lurex suit with gold knitted sweater of Tricony/Lurex voile by Tricosa, hair by Roger of Vidal Sassoon, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1964

Jean Shrimpton in romantic black lace tiered dress that is shorter in front and dips to the ankle in back by Frank Usher, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1964

Jean Shrimpton is wearing a black mink bonnet by Rose Vernier after Givenchy, three gold necklaces by Hooper Bolton, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1964

Model in dinner dress in thick black silk, V-seamed towards the body worn with a big hat in sequinned fabric by Givenchy, photo by David Montgomery, Paris, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1964

Model in smooth oatmeal tweed suit, jacket with gently rolled collar and vented back and front by Windsmoor, burnt orange cap stitched in black by Reed Crawford, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1965

Antonia Boeckesteyn in a black silk crêpe de chine bias-pleated dress cut short at the knee with satin ribbon streamers from one shoulder, by Pierre Cardin, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1965

Antonia Boeckesteyn in black shantung suit, skirt fans out from the hip, pleated chiffon shirt pearl-fastened on front and sleeves worn with maharajah's pink gauze turban, by Marc Bohan for Dior, photo by David Montgomery, March 1965

Antonia Boeckesteyn in small, sleek black bouclé wool dress with ball buttons and white at the wrist and white organdy turban, by Marc Bohan for Dior, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1965

Denise Sarrault in white Irish tweed dress with high-tucked bodice and bands of buttermilk, buttercup and purple pansy velvet by Jane & Jane, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1965

Jean Shrimpton in creamy hopsack tweed suit, topped with a vast stole banded round the edges with fox by Matita, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1965

Jean Shrimpton in soft beige wool suit, with deeply pleated skirt simple jacket and short-sleeved overblouse by Jaeger, black wool beret by Kangol, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1965

Jill Kennington in black and white floral print chiffon shirt and skirt by Conber Sports, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965

Jill Kennington in fake snake mac with suède belt and buttons at Fenwicks & Schofields, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965

Jill Kennington in long white cotton piqué ball dress by Jean Allen, hair by Michael of Raphael & Leonard, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965

Jill Kennington in white narrow-shaped wool suit with a pink spotted Tricel shirt with hood by Guy Laroche, jewelry by Hooper Bolton, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965

Margo McKendry in knit coffee-and-white wool dress with its own socks by Mary Farrin, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1965

Model in biscuit-colored nubby tweed top slot-belter with smooth skirt by Courtelle, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1965

Model in camel-colored suit with a long lean jacket, shawl-collared in badger by Maggi Shepherd, ocelot helmet by Edna Wallace, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1965

Model in cream-and-brown check crêpe wool dress belted in brown leather under a fleece-backed gabardine coat worn with olive straw cap, by Venet, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1965

Model in creamy smooth wool coat and dress, the coat deeply muffled with wide beaver cuffs by Sylvia Mills, beaver hat by Edna Wallace, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1965

Model in lace-patterned white wool dress, draw-string belted by Mary Farrin, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1965

Model in long black-and-white beach dress and its matching bikini of Antron tricot by Rose Marie Reid, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965

Model in white lace suit mounted on suntanned silk and bordered in white cotton worn with flat knotted shoes in lace and canvas, all by Courrèges, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1965

Model in white linenweave scooped out dress with a knee-skimmer skirt drawn in at the waist by Hilary Huckstep, coiffure by Roger of Vidal Sassoon, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1965

Model in white paisley lace dress of Crilor and mohair with black lace top and bowed black patent leather belt by Jaeger, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1965

Nicole de la Margé in sea-blue and pink floral print on organza top and trousers by Graham Price at Harrods, photo by David Montogomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1965

Donna Mitchell in a shimmering silver sequined dress by Susan Small, photo by David Montgomery for Vogue UK, 1966

Jill Kennington in pink wool gabardine coat and Peggy Moffit in baby blue wool gabardine coat, both by Cojana, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1966

Model in beaded cocktail suit hand-knitted in wool and cotton exclusive to Marguerite Arundel, tortoise shell locket and bracelet at Bernard Sado, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1966

Model in knockout white wool dress with red jacket and blue buttons knitted in by John Carr Doughty, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1966

Peggy Moffitt (left) and Melanie Hampshire in shirting-striped crêpe dresses, black on beige, by Nettie Vogues, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1966

Sophia Loren photographed by David Montgomery for Harper's Bazaar UK, June 1966

Sun-flowered dress in bright pink and yellow on white pique with bare sides and back by Simpson, photo by David Montgomery, Vogue UK, 1968

Model in silk jumpsuit by Jean Muir, photo by David Montgomery, September 1969