David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
nicholson my-friends megalomaniacs
My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
rubbish painting
My paintings are rubbish.
guinea feels cannibal
In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that.
helping help-me should
I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
technique learning-new
I love learning new techniques.
photographer
I never set out to be a photographer.
used
I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.
amazing-places london curious
If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
lets loves man
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
money
Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.
manly men sexist
If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.
african anarchy cleaner drives lots objects rearrange relate statues
It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres.
belongs came century half second thinks
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill photography because everyone can do it, but they said that about the box brownie in 1885 when it came out. It makes photography interesting because everyone thinks they can take a picture.
condition continue council monitor water
We will continue to monitor our water condition and keep the council informed.