The Sixties: High Tide & Green Grass | Frank Habicht

Live it to the hilt. Rene', Westminster Bridge 1968


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 The era of the 1960’s is synonymous with dramatic political and social revolution and change. This decade saw the conservatism and restrictions of the preceding post war 1950’s give way to a more radical libertine generation committed to fostering utopian ideals of free love, world peace and harmony. Fashion defined the freedom of the era in the designs of Mary Quant, with the invention of the bikini, with the rise of the hemline in the miniskirt and the reign of the supermodel in Twiggy. It was the decade that saw the Beatles and the Rolling Stones invade America, the peak of the civil rights movement, the assassination of John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcom X. Widespread protests against the Vietnam War erupted while the end of the decade gave rise to hope as the world witnessed for the first time, a man walking on the moon. This fertile environment encompassed Europe in the 1960’s - an era that was captured through the lens of Frank Habicht.
Фрэнк Хабихт родился в Гамбурге в 1938 году. Карьеру фотографа начал в 1960 и сразу же зарекомендовал себя как профессионал, чьи снимки появлялись на страницах многих авторитетных изданий (Camera Magazine, Spigelreflex Praxis, Twen, Jasmin, Esquire, Hoer Zu, Die Welt, Sunday Times (UK), The Guardian). Параллельно Хабихт подрабатывал фотографом на съемочных площадках, в нескольких популярных журналах и конечно все это позволило ему познакомиться со многими поп-идолами и кинозвездами того времени: Микком Джаггером, Джейн Биркин, Сержом Гинсбуром, Ванессой Редгрейв, Романом Полански и многими другими.

В 1981 году Хабихт решил уйти из “большой” фотографии и поселился в живописном местечке в районе новозеландского залива, известного своей красотой и спокойствием. Сейчас большую часть своего времени знаменитый художник проводит за фотографированием райских пейзажей и портретов местных жителей.


Goodbye Sunshine. London 1967
 
        Je t'aime moi non plus, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg ,1970  The child is father of the man, Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin ,1970

 
Lost in a dream. Birkin et Gainsbourg                                  Song without words, Charles Aznavour ,1970
 
Bare encounter, 1969                                                                     My gentle lady, 1967
 
Leaving Tomorrow behind, 1967                                                                     My heart leaps up, 1967
 
We are... street buskers... Portobello Road 1967                         Till death us do part ,1969
 
Part of a scene... Rolling Stones concert 1969                                 Les Belles Del Epoque
 
No loss of face, 1970                                                                               A place to be, 1966
 
Voulez vous un rendezvous. Alexandra Bastedo, actress 1966  Keeping up appearances. Kings Road 1967

Demonstration, 1968
 
                                                          What do we do once we unite ? 1968                                             Last judgement, 1968 | Frank Habicht                                                                    

What do you think ? 1965

Three's a crowd, 1965                                                                  Life at the top, 1967

Marriage A La Mode

Britannia rules the waves, 1965                                                                                                           Come and join us, 1967

Hey Mister, 1967

Double, double, toil and trouble. Roman Polanski, film director, Macbeth film set 1969
 
I can't get no...yeah yeah yeah! Rolling Stones                                               Incomparable, The Rolling Stones,1964

High in the sky . Rolling stones

Mesmerized by just the sight, 1969                                                                       Rachel Williams, 1969

Cloak, Portobello, 1966
 
Reconnaissance. Bazaar Boutique, Kings Road 1967                       What is in - what is out. Chelsea 1966 
 
           Fair Cops Vietnam Demo                                                   Peace message, Vanessa Redgrave, 1968 | Frank Habicht
 
Christopher Lee, Dracula performer, and family, Belgravia, 1970

Living the moment. Bryan Forbes, writer and film director, and Nanette Newman, actress Cork film festival

Togertherness, East End, 1966                                                                                                      Rachel, Cork Film Festival, 1969      
 

ИНТЕРВЬЮ С ФРЭНКОМ ХЭБИХТОМ   

 Habicht’s images capture the uninhibited spirit of the times offering a glimpse into the heady period that still manages to arrest the imagination some forty years later. His book "Young London, Permissive Paradise", a social document on London's youth, was published in the late sixties. Another photographic book, "In the Sixties" (Tandem Press & Axis Publishing London 1997), juxtaposed those who achieved international fame with the unnamed, not recorded in history books. Frank says his main concern in photography is the process of communication to attempt to keep a situation alive by fusing observer and observed.

In 1981 Frank left a successful international career to reside in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, drawn to this unique country for its beauty and tranquillity. He now spends much of his time devoted to creating images that celebrate the landscape and community in and around the Bay of Islands where he lives. His two books, Bay of Islands Where the Sunday Grass is Greener an acclaimed satirical pictorial on New Zealand’s Bay of Islands with Kiki and Helme Heine and his recent Bay of Islands A Paradise Found with Bob Molloy (Totara Press, Paihia 1995) capture the fun and friendship to be found in this stunning part of New Zealand.

In October 2004 Frank exhibited his 'Karma Sixties' collection at the Colette Gallery in Paris. In July 2007 Random House publishes Frank & son Florian Habicht’s photographic book 'I DO" - classic New Zealand weddings. Florian Habicht’s new film project 'Permissive Paradise' is inspired by Frank’s experiences as a photographer in London during the sixties.

It is anticipated that Frank’s fascinating images will certainly captivate the wider public both young and old alike. Though they depict the recent past, the images are timeless and contemporary, retaining their relevance either for those generations who experienced the sixties firsthand or for those who are a product of them.

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