John 'Hoppy' Hopkins

I'm just learning more about John 'Hoppy' Hopkins (1937-2015). What a fine photographer! Here are some of my favourites of his portraits.

Duke Ellington by Hoppy Hopkins

John Lennon by Hoppy Hopkins. Undated (1966?)

The Beatles by Hoppy Hopkins. Where's George?

What a wonderful shot of Brian Jones, by Hoppy Hopkins!

Cleo Laine & John Dankworth in London, c. 1964

William S. Burroughs in New York. A shame that so many of these great Hoppy Hopkins photos are undated.

Canon John Collins, Martin Luther King Jr. & Ralph Abernathy by Hoppy Hopkins

Malcolm X by Hoppy Hopkins

The Rolling Stones by Hoppy Hopkins. 1966?

Françoise Hardy by Hoppy Hopkins

Here's the man himself: John 'Hoppy' Hopkins by Graham Keen, 1966

National Portrait Gallery, London