The original paparazzo, Ray Bellisario, shot the images.

Fans of Brigitte Bardot, the French actress and sex icon of the 1960s, should visit Dadiani Fine Art in London before June 30 to see a collection of rare color photographs of the screen siren.

Photos taken in 1968 by Ray Bellisario—who is supposedly the first modern-day paparazzi—show a 34-year-old Bardot doing things like shopping and relaxing in public places like hotel lobbies and pubs. While in London for the publicity of her Sean Connery and she co-starred in the film “Shalako,” the series was shot in a single afternoon.

Gallery director Eleesa Dadiani observes, “Here, we see Bardot depicted less for the glamour, more for an emblem of earthly aesthetics” (press release). Images like these make Bardot’s bohemian spirit and natural beauty stand out.

The 78-year-old Bellisario got his start in the business 60 years ago, when he photographed the Queen in the pouring rain of Truro. He became so obsessed with photographing members of the royal family in private that Prince Philip once advocated for his incarceration.

But Bardot wasn’t fazed by the paparazzi; in fact, she and Bellisario became friends after the latter helped Bardot get away from the crush of paparazzi and fans at a local watering hole. “I had recently purchased a vehicle,” Bellisario remembers. Behind us was parked a Ford Consul that I had gotten. So I took hold of her arm and beckoned, “Come with me.” To my delight, she obliged! She exclaimed, “Oh, this is exciting! I’m a captive!”

On June 17, an exhibition including rare images of Marilyn Monroe, another blonde beauty, will debut at New York’s POP International Galleries (see New Intimate images of Marilyn Monroe Make Art Market Debut) in case you are unable to attend in person.

Dadiani Fine Art in London will host the exhibition “Brigitte Bardot: 13 Unseen Photographs, London 1968” from June 6th to the 30th, 2015.