Nick Drake, 1969 London

Nick Drake, 1969 London


In another series of iconic images for Five Leaves Left, Keith contrasted the placid, if slightly world weary image of Nick with the lives of Londoners busily going about their everyday business.

Nick Drake, August 1970 London

Nick Drake, August 1970 London


During the day-long shoot for Bryter Later, Keith and Nick moved from the singer’s Hampstead flat to Regents Park and this is one of several different studies taken beneath the trees in the late summer sunshine.

Nick Drake, August 1970 London

Nick Drake, August 1970 London


During the day-long shoot for Bryter Later, Keith and Nick moved from the singer’s Hampstead flat to Regents Park and this is one of several different studies taken beneath the trees in the late summer sunshine.

Nick Drake, August 1970 London

Nick Drake, August 1970 London


During the day-long shoot for Bryter Later, Keith and Nick moved from the singer’s Hampstead flat to Regents Park and this is one of several different studies taken beneath the trees in the late summer sunshine.

Nick Drake, August 1970 London

Nick Drake, August 1970 London


During the day-long shoot for Bryter Later, Keith and Nick moved from the singer’s Hampstead flat to Regents Park and this is one of several different studies taken beneath the trees in the late summer sunshine.

Nick Drake, 1969 London

Nick Drake, 1969 London


After the interior shots in Nick’s Hampstead flat one of which featured on the Five Leaves Left album cover, he and Keith moved on to the Heath for this deceptively rural-looking pose.

Nick Drake, August 1969 London

Nick Drake, August 1969 London


Clearly taken just before or after the famous ‘wall’ shots Keith took in support of Five Leaves Left, this study reflects the same theme of Nick somehow existing slightly apart from the hectic ebb and flow of normal life.

Nick Drake, December 1971 Hampstead Heath, London

Nick Drake, December 1971 Hampstead Heath, London


Keith remembered of the sessions for Nick’s last album, Pink Moon: “It was a bleak, grey day… Nick was totally cooperative but said very little, couldn’t interact and found it difficult to look towards the camera. It was like I was intruding on private grief.” All of which is reflected in these pictures.

Nick Drake, December 1971 Hampstead Heath, London

Nick Drake, December 1971 Hampstead Heath, London


Keith remembered of the sessions for Nick’s last album, Pink Moon: “It was a bleak, grey day… Nick was totally cooperative but said very little, couldn’t interact and found it difficult to look towards the camera. It was like I was intruding on private grief.” All of which is reflected in these pictures.

Nick Drake, 1969 London

Nick Drake, 1969 London


Another study for the Five Leaves Left album cover, this was posed against a window and using light reflected in a mirror, a trick Nick seemed wryly amused by in some of the other shots Keith took in this series.