“Swinging London”—the term that defined the disheveled, effortlessly elegant capital of the 1960s—is rarely discussed without mention of the photographer David Bailey. Alongside Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy, Bailey was part of a trio nicknamed the “Black Trinity.” They moved among everyone from Cecil Beaton and Rudolf Nureyev to East End gangsters like the Kray twins. Bailey made a muse of Jean Shrimpton—a wide-eyed, doe-like model often described as having a fresh, androgynous beauty. He also photographed both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. A former amateur trumpet player, Bailey understood the contrast between the two bands that defined two decades. As the photography historian Martin Harrison once put it: “The Stones, loose and cavalier; the Beatles, buttoned-up and controlled.” Bailey’s portraits from the 60s and 70s are now on view at MOP. —Elena Clavarino