This photograph of model Christine Keeler posed naked astride a modern plywood chair is an iconic image of the s. It was taken in May , at the height of public attention surrounding the relationship between the teenage Keeler and married politician John Profumo, then Secretary of State for War. In what became known as 'The Profumo Affair', the revelations of their relationship scandalised the Conservative government and the British establishment, causing Profumo to resign from office and bringing notoriety to Keeler. The photo was the last shot on a exposure film, taken in less than five minutes by Lewis Morley during a nude publicity shoot intended to promote a proposed film about the scandal, The Keeler Affair.

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It was just a cheap studio chair, but then Christine Keeler straddled it and a modern icon was born. Here, photographer Lewis Morley recalls the photo session. This is the story of a political scandal, a chair, and a photograph. It was in London, at the height of the Profumo Affair. The photographer, Lewis Morley, had been commissioned to shoot some publicity shots for a forthcoming movie featuring the woman at the centre of the scandal, Christine Keeler. If London swung, he says, then one could say that in the early days, the club was perhaps the pendulum. Dudley Moore and his trio played in the basement while the night owls twisted the night away. The atmosphere in the studio was getting heated.
Chairs are made to sit on. When most people sit on one, they usually lean their backs against the backrest and their legs forward. However, there is a more unusual way of sitting on one. Instead of sitting normally in the chair, the sitter will turn the chair around and place legs on either side of the chair, typically using the back of the chair as an armrest. There are many different reasons why a person would choose to sit this way.