The youthful faces of now iconic 60s scenesters including Pattie Boyd, Grace Coddington, David Bailey and various members of The Rolling Stones peer out of Eric Swayne’s intimate black-and-white images. These photographs, rediscovered by his son Tom after Swayne’s death in 2007, form part of a new exhibition The Stones and Their Scene: Photographs by Eric Swayne that opens on June 12 at London’s Proud Chelsea gallery, to coincide with the launch of the Stones’ 50th anniversary tour, which includes a much-anticipated appearance at Glastonbury. East End-born Swayne was managing a Soho coffee shop when he struck up a friendship with Bailey and quickly became entwined in his social circle. These photographs show the young Swayne developing a photographic style with informal, reportage style shots of his close friends, many of whom were set to become legends in their respective fields. “He obviously had an amazing time in the 60s and spoke about it a lot,” recalls Tom Swayne. “It was a real heyday for him and, looking back, a real achievement to have collided with that scene, gone out with those women and hung out with those people.”