Stunning Fashion Photography by John Cowan From the 1960s ~ Vintage Everyday

Born 1929 at Gillingham, Kent, British fashion photographer John Cowan was known for his dynamic photographic style which reflected the energetic atmosphere of 1960s Swinging London.

Cowan was a leading fashion photographer during the 1960s. Among the magazines and newspapers he worked for were Vogue, Queen, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, The Observer, The Sunday Times, the Daily Express and the Sunday Express, the Daily Mail, and the Daily Mirror.

Cowan died in 1979 of cancer in East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, aged 50. These stunning photos are part of his work that John Cowan took fashion portraits of classic beauties in the 1960s.

Model in striped cotton pants by Jaeger, photo by John Cowan, August 1963

Jill Kennington wearing hooded jersey with shorts by Macinnes Tartans, photo by John Cowan, June 1963

Fashion shot by John Cowan, Vogue, November 1, 1964

Jill Kennington in hooded cape by Ben Reig, matching helmet by Adolfo and silvery sequin gloves by Viola Weinberger, standing on Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, at the Arctic Circle, photo by John Cowan, Vogue, November 1, 1964

Jill Kennington in ostrich feather coat by George Kaplan, photo by John Cowan, Vogue, November 1, 1964

Jacqueline Bisset in her Mini Cooper, photo by John Cowan, London, June 1964

Jill Kennington in blue-and-white striped cotton sweater and poppy-red belted bikini shorts both by Lillywhites, photo by John Cowan, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1965

Jill Kennington in gleaming black vinyl trouser suit by Michèle Rosier for V de V, short-length wellingtons by Dunlop, photo By John Cowan, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1965

Jill Kennington in iron-gray jeans and jean jacket stitched with yellow by Levi Strauss, red and navy striped top by Catalina, photo by John Cowan, Harper's Bazaar UK, July 1965

Fiona Campbell-Walter in brown belted water-leotard in Du Pont stretch nylon by Brigance for Sinclair, Cool-Ray Polaroid Sun Mask, photo by John Cowan, Lake Powell, Arizona, Vogue, January 1, 1966

Fiona Campbell-Walter in matte brown jersey maillot by Elizabeth Stewart, photo by John Cowan at Lake Powell, Arizona, Vogue, January 1, 1966

Fiona Campbell-Walter wearing a red beaded necklace by Robert Originals in a desert in Arizona, photo by John Cowan, Vogue, January 1, 1966

Isa Stoppi wearing yellow ribbed tank and pants by Loomtogs, photo by John Cowan, Vogue US, January 1, 1966

Jill Kennington in batik sarong, photo by John Cowan, Vogue UK, July 1966

Jill Kennington jump, photo by John Cowan, 1966

Marisa Berenson in twill shorts and double breasted pea jacket by Cole of California, hat by Adolfo, photo by John Cowan, Monument Valley, Arizona, Vogue, 1966

Marisa Berenson wearing a bikini top, photo by John Cowan, Monument Valley, USA, Vogue, January 1, 1966

Marisa Berenson wearing a Catalina bikini in Wahweap, Arizona, photo by John Cowan, January 1966

Cyd Charisse wearing a sun-yellow terry-cloth dressing gown by Clive, photo by John Cowan, Harper's Bazaar UK, January 1967

Fashion shot with Birgitta af Klercker at Machu Picchu by John Cowan, Vogue, October 15, 1968

Fashion shot with Birgitta af Klercker on a plateau in the Andes Mountains in Peru by John Cowan, Vogue, October 15, 1968

Fashion shot with Francoise Rubartelli on the banks of the Rio Santa in the Callejon de Huaylas valley in Peru by John Cowan, Vogue, October 15, 1968

Francoise Rubartelli, on a hillside in the Andes mountains in Peru, wearing an ankle-length dirndl dress printed in red flowers, with a mohair-fringed vest and white leather thigh-high boots, photo by John Cowan, Vogue, October 15, 1968