Bailey David Biography

In this material - the history of the life, work of the photographer and the cult portraits that arose under the sight of his cameras. David Bailey. When he was three years old, his family moved from Leightstone to the Ist-Ham area in London. They were poor and shared the house with another family. Mick Jagger when it was cold, his mother drove Bailey and his sister in the cinema five or six times a week, as it was cheaper than staying at home and paying for gas.

So Bailey met the world of cinema, learned about all Hollywood actors and directors. The Rolling Stones Bailey remembers how he survived the years of the II World War, when, unfortunately, the local cinema was destroyed. He recalled: “In East End, no one was evacuated. We took refuge in the cellar. ” Bailey's most acute memory remains from the ringing of broken glass. He experienced difficulties due to unreleased dyslexia and dysproxia.

From an early age, Bailey was interested in natural science, planned to become an ornithologist as his idol James Fisher. The photo was his hobby. He had fun with his mother’s camera Box Brownie, by the age of twelve he learned to show his own photos. Bailey said that his original interest in the photograph was more connected with the “magic” of chemical processes than with art.

Over the next three years, he was a laborer, he was drafted into the army in the year. He joined the royal air forces: “I knew that I would not fly anywhere because I was not trained, so I spent day after day, reading books or magazines in a small hut that was in my runway. In Time and Photo magazines, I first saw the work of famous photographers. ” Jack Nicholson in the year Bailey served in Singapore.

He showed interest in photography there: “Singapore was a duty -free port. I remember how I received a cheap copy of Rolleiflex, and then after a while I handed it at a local pawnshop to exchange it for something better. ” After demobilization in August, he decided to become a professional photographer. Bailey wanted to enter the London Polygraphic College, but he was refused due to poor performance at school.

Instead, he sent letters to various photographers in search of opportunities for learning. He was taken by the second assistant David Olins, photographer of the Queen women's magazine. In the year, Francis Bacon was invited to an interview with photographer John French, who also hired him as a second assistant. Bailey said that French's studio became for him a place where he learned to interact with people.

In February, Vogue offered him a contract. Bailey refused: “I was offered less than I already earned. Therefore, I said that they would fall off. ” Charlie Watts, nevertheless, Vogue insisted on his proposal, and in July the art director John Parsons convinced Bailey to sign a contract. Bailey recalled: “If someone offers you to take pictures of beautiful girls in dresses all day, you can say“ no ”only a limited number of times.

I never wanted to be a fashion photographer. I was more interested in people than fashion. ” For several months, Bailey shot the cover for Vogue, and a year later took photos for the turn of the magazine. John Lennon and Paul McCartney during this period Bailey had close relations with the model Gene Schrimpton, which lasted several years. As Bailey recalls: “For the first time I saw Gene Schrimpton when I stuck my head out from behind the door of the photo studio of my friend Brian Duffy ...

I just fell in love with her eyes-this is the first thing I noticed-and said:“ Who is it? I think we immediately fell in love with each other, although I was a strange choice for Gene. " As Bailey noted, Schrimpton was an exceptional model, she had instinct, she knew how to move. Together with his colleagues Terens Donovan and Brian, Daffiff photographed celebrities, and now created cult portraits.

Among Bailey’s closest friends were artist Andy Warhol, actor Jack Nicholson, who became the godfather of one of his sons, and actress Angelica Houston. Katrin Denev in the year Bailey married the French actress Catherine Deneuve, began to shoot and produce television commercials. Marriage with Catherine Denev came to an end. In the year, Bailey married an American fashion model and writer Marie Helvin.

Documentary films and fashion in the period from Bailey for the year produced documentaries about celebrities, including Andy Warhole. The plots are based on an interview. Bailey films showed on TV and caused great disputes. Andy Warhol after a year Bailey often went on working trips abroad. Basically, in order to take fashionable photos in remote places in the hope of attracting readers.

The images that he created during his travels in Turkey and Peru combined a fashion photography with documentary style, the narrative of tourist shooting with high fashion components. During the trips, Bailey also photographed local residents and attractions, collected these photos for books and exhibitions.Michael Kane by the year Bailey was tired of the work on Vogue: the commercial side of the work seemed boring and monotonous to him.

Photographers Guy Burden and Helmut Newton created a new aesthetics in the field of fashion photography and overshadowed Bailey.

Bailey left the magazine, and together with the illustrator David Lithfield founded Ritz Newspaper dedicated to gossip, fashion and celebrities, which laid the foundation for the history of the paparazzi in the UK. In the year, Bailey photographed celebrities at the Live Aid concert at the Wembley stadium: “The atmosphere was magnificent that day. At some point, they slammed me on the shoulder, and I turned around.

Suddenly a big tongue was in my throat! It was Freddie Mercury. " You will also like:.