David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
sixties swinging
All that Swinging Sixties nonsense, we all thought it was passT at the time.
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.
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.
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.
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.