David Hemmings, born in Guildford, England, was initially a boy singer and protégé of the composer Benjamin Britten. He appeared in juvenile and post-adolescent roles in a number of films before attaining stardom as an archetypal catalytic figure of “Swinging London,” a fashion photographer, in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966), appearing in a memorable scene opposite Veruschka. He then appeared in the Hollywood version of the musical Camelot (1967) and also in a heroic role in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). He was photographed by Jack Robinson on October 7, 1968 and described in Vogue as “a roving consumer who buys wot strikes his fancy, anywhere.”