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John Barrington

 

Helmut in Repose
1963
Silver gelatin print
9 x 7"
1993.1233.0002

   

John Barrington, died 1991
(aka Jay Esbeigh, John Shreeve Barrington and John Paignton)
British, photographer

John Barrington died of leukemia in 1991. He studied at St Martin's School of Art in London and at L'Ecoles des Beaux Arts in Paris. He was friends with Cocteau, Coward, Vidal and Zeffirellli. He created and sold photographs to all the physique and gay magazines in Britian and was prosecuted numerous times for his art.