David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
firsts influence
My first influence obviously was Picasso.
nicholson my-friends megalomaniacs
My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them.
rubbish painting
My paintings are rubbish.
confused thinking two
The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.
rocks light tree
I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light.
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.
thinking france difficult
In France they don't think I'm difficult.
optimistic london feels
I don't feel very optimistic in London.
thinking ideas doe
I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
thinking feminist terrible-times
I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.
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.
firsts serious rough
I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.