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Lot description
Ray Bellisario (1936-2018), early 1960s, a large group of original negatives and later photographic prints taken on the day Christine Keeler was released from Holloway prison in June 1964, having served four and a half months of a nine-month sentence for perjury, many of these images seem to be unpublished, the lot includes 90 black and white negatives and colour transparencies in 2¼-inch, 120 film negatives, and 35mm colour positive transparencies and negatives, comprising the 'freedom' shot and others taken on different dates, including one during the Profumo trial, together with a group of five later prints taken from these negatives, sold with copyright (95) Provenance: The group was purchased from Omega Auctions in 2013 and is sold with a photocopied letter from Ray Bellisario transferring copyright to the buyer from that auction. The current owner of this lot will transfer copyright to the new owner following the present sale. Christine Keeler was photographed by both Lewis Morley and Ray Bellisario during the height of the Profumo affair. Lewis Morley captured the iconic image of Keeler on a chair, which became widely recognised. Ray Bellisario photographed Keeler on her release from Holloway prison, including this series titled 'Freedom', which depict her in a field, having her hair done and in her car.