David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
licking shoes
It was licking at our heels. My shoes were singed.
aware housing impression looking stock
My impression is that the multi-family rental housing stock is shrinking. We're aware of it, and we are looking at the issue.
sixties swinging
All that Swinging Sixties nonsense, we all thought it was passT at the time.
cigars england enjoy four light rain sit stop tomorrow worrying
Stop worrying about England having four bowlers. It'll rain tomorrow and we can all light cigars and sit back and enjoy victory.
digging literally miles remains tribe
This is not like digging up Aztec remains in Mexico. The tribe is literally 2 miles away, so it's very sensitive.
accelerate consumer exciting expect good holiday last news pc percent point quite sales school shopping strong time unit view year
It's an exciting time for PC manufacturers. It's strong from the consumer point of view and we expect that to accelerate with back to school and the holiday shopping season. Sales have actually been pretty good. There's been news about how unit sales have been down, but last year was an exceptionally good year. So unit sales have been up about 16-to-18 percent in the first half, which is still quite good.
zoom photographer enough
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
drinking exercise body
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
skulls sculpture
The skull is nature's sculpture.
handsome burden
Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
buddhist wonderful continuous-change
I like change. There's something Buddhist about it - continuous change is wonderful.
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.