John Barrington (1920-1991, aka Jean-Paul David aka Zodiac aka Riviera as he often shot on French southern coasts; real name John Paignton) was one of Great Britain's most prolific photographers of the male nude and the most prosecuted by censorship. He has published a dozen books on art and photography, two novels, a number of plays and physique magazines, appeared at intervals, "Man-ifique!" and "Form-osus!" which featured popular European models. Barrington's perpetual attempts to publish his magazines ended in a disaster when, in 1981, he was raided once again by the police who confiscated and destroyed everything. The Barrington's remained works reveal a photographer who was a genius behind the camera but a disaster in the darkroom.
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