Marta Ortega Pérez Foundation to Spotlight David Bailey’s Photography

LONDON — David Bailey is the fifth photographer to be getting a Spanish retrospective at the Marta Ortega Pérez Foundation, otherwise known as MOP Foundation in the city of A Coruña.

The British photographer’s exhibition “David Bailey’s Changing Fashion” will open on June 28 with more than 140 photographs, including portraits of Mick Jagger, Jean Shrimpton, Cecil Beaton, Rudolf Nureyev and the notorious London gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

“Without question, David Bailey is a master of a visual language that is uniquely his own. From the early days, he consistently backed his own vision, breaking the rules of fashion photography and inventing new ones at will. No one moved with greater ease through the worlds of ’60s music, fashion and style,” said Pérez.

“I am thrilled that with this exhibition, we have been able, once again, to champion world-class photography at our space in A Coruña. This exhibition captures a fleeting golden moment that utterly changed the history of style, photography and culture,” she added.

At the MOP Foundation, Pérez is honing a collection of exhibitions dedicated to fashion image makers. The foundation has already hosted exhibitions on Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel.

Irving Penn’s shocking and elegant photographs are on display at MOP as it nears its end on May 1.

“Irving Penn: Centennial” showcases 175 works by the American photographer, from celebrity portraits, abstract nudes, compositions of flowers and more.

In 2023, the foundation announced the opening of “Helmut Newton – Fact & Fiction,” an exhibit curated by Philippe Garner, Matthias Harder and Tim Jefferies in collaboration with the Helmut Newton Foundation celebrating the life and work of photographer Helmut Newton.