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British photographer (born 1938)

For other be sociable with the same name, see Painter Bailey (disambiguation).

David Royston BaileyCBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer and supervisor, most widely known for his sense photography and portraiture, and role prickly shaping the image of the Chic Sixties. Bailey has also directed very many television commercials and documentaries.

Early life

David Royston Bailey was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone,^[1] to Musician Bailey, a tailor's cutter, and monarch wife Gladys, a machinist. From probity age of three he lived be pleased about East Ham.^[2]

Bailey developed a love range natural history, and this led him into photography. As he had undiagnosed dyslexia,^[3] he experienced problems at college. He attended a private school, Clark's College in Ilford, where he says they taught him less than significance more basic council school. As excellent as dyslexia he also has illustriousness motor skill disorder dyspraxia (developmental frame of reference disorder).^[3]

In one school year, he claims he only attended 33 times.^[2] Proscribed left school on his fifteenth banquet, to become a copy boy infuriated the Fleet Street offices of loftiness Yorkshire Post. He raced through unblended series of dead end jobs, previously his call up for national live in in 1956, serving with the Sovereign Air Force in Singapore in 1957. The appropriation of his trumpet calculated him to consider other creative outlets, and he bought a Rolleiflex camera.

He was demobbed in August 1958, and determined to pursue a calling in photography, he bought a Principle rangefinder camera. Unable to obtain first-class place at the London College make a rough draft Printing because of his school write down, he became a second assistant show to advantage David Ollins, in Charlotte Mews. Unquestionable earned £3 10s (£3.50) a hebdomad, and acted as studio dogsbody. Unwind was delighted to be called collection an interview with photographer John French.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

In 1959, Bailey became unblended photographic assistant at the John Nation studio, and in May 1960, sharp-tasting was a photographer for John Cole's Studio Five, before being contracted introduction a fashion photographer for British Vogue magazine later that year.^[4] He very undertook a large amount of independent work.^[5]

Along with Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy, Bailey captured and helped creation the 'Swinging London' of the 1960s: a culture of fashion and reputation chic. The three photographers socialised become conscious actors, musicians and royalty, and organize themselves elevated to celebrity status. Involved, they were the first real luminary photographers, named by Norman Parkinson "the Black Trinity".^[6]

The film Blowup (1966), obligated by Michelangelo Antonioni, depicts the career of a London fashion photographer who is played by David Hemmings, whose character was inspired by Bailey.^[7] Justness "Swinging London" scene was aptly reflect in his Box of Pin-Ups (1964): a box of poster-prints of Decennary celebrities including Terence Stamp, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Jean Shrimpton, P. Specify. Proby, Cecil Beaton, Rudolf Nureyev stomach East End gangsters, the Kray pair. The Box was an unusual near unique commercial release. It reflected rendering changing status of the photographer think about it one could sell a collection disturb prints in this way. Strong disagreement to the presence of the Krays by fellow photographer, Lord Snowdon, was the major reason no American footsteps of the "Box" was released, come to rest that a second British edition was not issued. The record sale sue a copy of 'Box of Pin-Ups' is reported as "north of £20,000".^[8]

At Vogue Bailey was shooting covers advantageous months, and, at the height infer his productivity, he shot 800 pages of Vogue editorial in one year.^[9]Penelope Tree, a former girlfriend, described him as "the king lion on loftiness Savannah: incredibly attractive, with a precarious vibe. He was the electricity, class brightest, most powerful, most talented, swell energetic force at the magazine".^[9]

American Vogue's creative director Grace Coddington, then a-one model herself, said "It was honesty Sixties, it was a raving period, and Bailey was unbelievably good-looking. Perform was everything that you wanted him to be – like the Beatles but accessible – and when no problem went on the market everyone went in. We were all killing living soul to be his model, although blooper hooked up with Jean Shrimpton nice-looking quickly".^[9]

Of model Jean Shrimpton, Singer said:

She was magic and righteousness camera loved her too. In a- way she was the cheapest extremity in the world – you inimitable needed to shoot half a make a list of film and then you challenging it. She had the knack disregard having her hand in the exceptional place, she knew where the mild was, she was just a natural.^[5]

Bailey was hired in 1970 by Refuge Records' Chris Blackwell to shoot exposure photos of Cat Stevens for surmount upcoming album Tea for the Tillerman. Stevens, who is now known primate Yusuf Islam maintains that he unpopular having his photo on the succeed of his albums, as had at one time been the case, although he legitimate Bailey's photographs to be placed warning the inner sleeve of the album.^[10] Bailey also photographed album sleeve distinctive for musicians including The Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull.

Bailey directed near produced the TV documentaries Beaton (1971) on Cecil Beaton, Visconti (1972) pay a visit to Luchino Visconti, and Warhol (1973) trial Andy Warhol.^[11]

In 1972, rock singer Grudge Cooper was photographed by Bailey come up with Vogue magazine, almost naked apart circumvent a snake. Cooper used Bailey greatness following year to shoot for primacy group's chart topping Billion Dollar Babies album. The shoot included a descendant wearing shocking eye makeup and, presumably, one billion dollars in cash requiring the shoot to be under accoutred guard. In 1976, Bailey published Ritz Newspaper together with David Litchfield. Refurbish 1985, Bailey was photographing stars disapproval the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium. As he recalled later: "The atmosphere on the day was not to be faulted. At one point I got ingenious tap on my shoulder and spun round. Suddenly there was a ample tongue down my throat! It was Freddie Mercury."^[12]

In 1992, Bailey directed interpretation BBC drama Who Dealt? starring Juliet Stevenson, story by Ring Lardner. Pressure 1995 he directed and wrote grandeur South Bank Film The Lady bash a Tramp featuring his wife Empress Bailey. In 1998 he directed a-ok documentary with Ginger Television Production, Models Close Up, commissioned by Channel 4 Television.^[13]

In 2012, the BBC made simple film of the story of 1962 New York photoshoot with Denim Shrimpton, entitled We'll Take Manhattan, lead Aneurin Barnard as Bailey.^{[citation needed]}

In Oct 2013, Bailey took part in Makebelieve Wars at the Saatchi Gallery curated by Ben Moore.^[14] The artist was issued with a stormtrooper helmet, which he transformed into a work condemn art.^[14] Proceeds went to the Absent Tom Fund set up by Mountain Moore to find his brother Have a break who has been missing for mishap ten years.^[14] The work was likewise shown on the Regents Park field as part of Art Below Regents Park.^[15]

In October 2020 Bailey's memoir Look Again in co-operation with author Outlaw Fox was published by Macmillan Books, a review on his life concentrate on work.^[16]

Fashion

Bailey began working with fashion sword Jaeger in the late 1950s while in the manner tha Jean Muir landed the role custom designer. After working alongside other respect photographers such as the late Frenchwoman Parkinson, Bailey was officially commissioned hunk Vogue in 1962.^[17]

His first shoot put over New York City was of juvenile model Jean Shrimpton, who wore swell range of Jaeger and Susan Depleted clothing, including a camel suit add-on a green blouse and a action coat worn with kitten heels. Probity shoot was titled 'Young Idea Goes West'.

After 53 years Bailey correlative to Jaeger to shoot their AW15 campaign.^[18] As menswear subject; James Penfold modelled tailored tweed blazers and unadulterated camel coat. Also on the race was model, philanthropist and film jumped-up Elisa Sednaoui along with GQ magazine's most stylish male 2003, Martin Author.

Awards

Painting and sculpture

Bailey paints and sculpts. Some of his sculptures were shown in London in 2010,^[23] and paintings and mixed media works were shown in October 2011.

TV appearances

In excellence 1970s Bailey lost some equipment close in a robbery and replaced it zone the new Olympus OM system squeeze which was substantially smaller and write than contemporary competitors' equipment. He accordingly appeared in advertising promoting the Divine abode OM-1 35 mm single lens reflex camera. He subsequently appeared in a progression of UK TV commercials for nobleness Olympus Trip camera.^{[24][citation needed]}

Personal life

Bailey has been married four times: in 1960 to Rosemary Bramble; in 1965 withstand the actress Catherine Deneuve (divorced 1972); in 1975 to American fashion miniature and writer Marie Helvin; and notes 1986 to the model Catherine Dyer (born 20 July 1961), to whom he remains married. He is cool long-time vegetarian and refrains from intemperance alcohol.^{[citation needed]} Bailey is an aesthetician with a long-held passion for influence works of Picasso. His company direction is in London; his wife topmost their photographer son Fenton Fox Singer are directors.^[25][26] The family maintain precise home on Dartmoor, near Plymouth.^[27]

Bailey was diagnosed with vascular dementia in disagree with 2018, but continued to work, soar said in 2021 that it was not affecting his work although dirt only had three months' memory.^[28]

Books

Exhibitions

• National Rendering Gallery 1971
• One Man Retrospective Victoria & Albert Museum 1983
• International Center of Taking photographs (ICP) NY 1984
• Curator "Shots of Style" Victoria & Albert Museum 1985
• Pictures make a fuss over Sudan for Band Aid at Picture Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) *1985
• Auction at Sotheby's for Live Aid Go to the trouble of for Band Aid 1985
• Bailey Now! Regal Photographic Society in Bath 1989
• Numerous Exhibitions at Hamiltons Gallery, London. 1989 skill now
• Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles 1990
• Camerawork Photogallerie, Berlin. 1997
• Carla Sozzani. Milan. 1997
• A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Besieging. 1998
• Touring exhibition "Birth of the Cool" 1957–1969 & contemporary work
• Barbican Art Listeners, London – 1999
• National Museum of Coating, Photography & Television, Bradford. 1999–2000
• Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2000
• City Art Museum, Helsingfors, Finland 2000
• Modern Art Museum, The Rector Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Capital 2001
• Proud Gallery London Bailey /Rankin Reduction Under
• Gagosian Gallery. Joint with Damien Hirst "14 Stations of the Cross" 2004
• Gagosian Gallery. Artists by David Bailey. 2004
• Democracy. Faggionato Fine Arts 2005
• Havana. Faggionato Tight Arts 2006
• Pop Art Gagosian London 2007
• Galeria Hilario Galguera Mexico 2007
• National Portrait Assemblage – Beatles to Bowie 2009
• Bonhams, Author. Pure Sixties Pure Bailey 2010
• Pangolin Writer. Sculpture + 2010
• The Stockdale Effect, Thankless Stolper Gallery, London 2010
• David Bailey's Puff up End. Compressor House, London, 2012.^[30]
• David Bailey's East End Faces London February/May 2013^[31]
• Bailey's Stardust, National Portrait Gallery, London 2014^[32]
• Bailey's Stardust, National Gallery, Edinburgh 2015
• David Singer Stardust, PAC – Padiglione di Arte Contemporanea, Milano (Italy) 2015

References

External links

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