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Elena Vaninetti

(English)
A few months ago, I met illustrious British photographer, David Montgomery. David had an extraordinary career and what makes his work so special is that he photographed some of the greatest of our modern history in their intimacy.
We quickly became keen on the idea
We quickly became keen on the idea to recreate this black and white contact sheet in 15 copies only and of which SpeedBird gallery will have full exclusivity. This very unique contact sheet shows a selection of photographs that were taken during the promotion of the famous LP released by the Rolling Stones in 1971, the legendary album Sticky Fingers.
So as to carry out this project with the highest standards, David shared with us valuable advice and one in particular that he got from Irving Penn himself. David recommended to print the contact sheet on one of the best photographic papers in the world and in the format 90 cm x 100 cm (30 In x 40 In). Without doubt this printing process did accentuate David Montgomery’s remarkable work and highlighted the selection that he made, by hand on the contact sheet, using a black chinagraph pencil.
But there is more to this story as the circumstances around this photoshoot are far from banal. It appears that the day of the shoot did not start very well since the agency for which David worked begged him to go to this very last-minute planned photoshoot for the modest sum of 60 pounds Sterling. On top of that, David did not fail to recall Mick Jagger’s casualness when he showed up 4 hours late and refused to look at the camera. David remembers telling Mick Jagger that “he wasn't taking pictures of the Stones for his personal photo album and that it was in Mick Jagger's best interest and for the promotion of the band that he looked at the photographer's Hasselblad”.
Finally, when we discussed recreating the contact sheet of the iconic Sticky Fingers album David revealed to me that he would have to find the negatives first, which would - as he put it – “be a real miracle”. Only after a long search the negatives were found exactly where they had been forgotten during spring 1971: in an old dusty box in David's studio in Chelsea, London.



(Français)
Il y a quelques mois, je me suis rapproché de David Montgomery, un illustre photographe Britannique qui, comme vous pouvez le deviner, a eu une carrière assez extraordinaire en ayant pu photographier une partie des grands de ce monde dans leur intimité. Sa biographie est assez éloquente.
David a été rapidement séduit par l'idée de reconstruire une planche contact N&B édité à 15 exemplaires, qui représente la séance qu’il a dû accomplir à l'occasion de la promotion publicitaire du fameux LP des Rolling Stones sorti en 1971, et qui allait ensuite devenir le légendaire album "Sticky Fingers".
Une des premières conditions de cette négociation, était que la galerie SpeedBird puisse exploiter les 15 pièces en toute exclusivité, ce que David et sa femme ont finalement acceptés bien volontiers. En effet, l'essence même de notre galerie est de toujours présenter des photographies d'art d'exception en exclusivité.
David nous a ensuite fait part de ses précieux conseils professionnels issus d'une recommandation d'un certain « Irving Penn » en préconisant  l'un des meilleurs papiers photographiques au monde afin de représenter cette planche contact en question sous le format (90 cm x 100 cm) (30 In x 40 In). Ainsi, ce procédé a permis de mettre en valeur la sélection réalisée par David Montgomery au "Black Chinograph" .
En acceptant le principe de donner "les" ou l'interview qu'il conviendra afin d'assurer la promotion de cette oeuvre, David nous a dores et déjà fait part du récit de ce shooting qui n’avait en fait pas très bien démarré, puisque l'agence de publicité pour qui il travaillait l'a sollicitée au tout dernier moment en le suppliant de réaliser rapidement cette séance pour la modique somme 60 livres Sterling. Enfin, David n'a pas manqué de souligner la désinvolture de Mick Jagger qui est arrivé avec 4 heures de retard et refusait de regarder la caméra, ce dont à quoi David à renchérit à Mick:
"Qu'il ne faisait pas de photos des Stones pour son Album photo personnel et qu'il était du propre intérêt de Mick Jagger qu'il regarde le Hasselblad du photographe pour la promotion du groupe".
Enfin, lorsque j'ai initialement proposé ce projet à David, celui-ci m'a immédiatement révélé qu'il fallait d'abord retrouver les négatifs, ce qui relèverait d'un véritable miracle. Selon lui, c'est pourtant bien ce qui s'est produit, puisque les négatifs ont finalement été retrouvés après une recherche approfondie. Ces derniers avaient été purement et simplement oubliés dans une vieille boîte poussiéreuse située dans la remise du studio de David à Chelsea; ils y demeuraient depuis le printemps 1971. 





Gelatin-silver print developing out paper (D.O.P.) - Signed - 4/17 - 1971

David Montgomery (1937) - Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers promotional photo session, London 1970

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