David Bailey (photographer)
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David Bailey , CBE (born January 2, 1938 in London ) is a British photographer .
Life
Bailey is a self-taught photographer . In 1957 he served in the Royal Air Force in the Singapore colony . In 1959 he became an assistant at the John French Studio . He then got a contract as a fashion photographer at Vogue Magazine and from then on worked mainly as a freelancer.
Bailey is mainly known as the chronicler of Swinging London and served as a model for the star photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni's cult film Blow Up , starring David Hemmings , as early as 1966 . He portrayed numerous people from the fashion , music and film scene as well as the English royal family. Numerous poster productions a . a. with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones emerged during this time. Less well known are his everyday scenes documented on numerous trips abroad, in which nameless people are often the focus in their poor living environment. Bailey received two major exhibitions from Sandy Nairne at the National Portrait Gallery , in 2009 and 2014. Bailey was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001.
Bailey was married four times: in 1960 to Rosemary Bramble , 1967 to actress Catherine Deneuve (they divorced in 1972), 1975 to model Marie Helvin and since 1986 to actress Catherine Dyer . His relationship with supermodel Jean Shrimpton , which became famous in the mid-1960s, was filmed in 2012 by the BBC Four in the mini-series We'll Take Manhattan , in which Aneurin Barnard played the role of Bailey.
literature
- David Bailey's Trouble and Strife. With 81 illustrations in duotone . Photographs by David Bailey, preface by JH Lartigue, introduction by Brian Clarke . Olympus Optical Co. (UK). Thames and Hudson, London 1980, ISBN 978-0500540640 .
- David Bailey and Neil Spencer: David Bailey's Rock'n'Roll Heroes. Schirmer / Mosel , Munich 1997, ISBN 3-88814-823-5 .
- David Bailey and Fay Weldon: The Lady is a Tramp. The faces of Catherine Bailey. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 1995, slipcase , ISBN 3-88814-756-5 , illustrated book.
- David Bailey's Naga Hills . Steidl, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95829-170-6 . Illustrated book.
- David Bailey, Francis Hodgson, Benedikt Taschen : David Bailey. Taschen, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-8365-5810-5 . (Photo book in the format 50 × 70 cm)
Movie
- David Bailey, a photo legend. (OT: Le photographe David Bailey. ) Documentary film, France, Germany, 2010, 52:30 min., Camera: Jérôme de Missolz, production: arte France, LuFilms, ZDF , White Rabbit, German first broadcast: July 2, 2014 on arte , Table of contents by arte.
Web links
- David Bailey's website
- David Bailey in Google Arts & Culture
- Literature by and about David Bailey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by David Bailey at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Francis Hodgson: David Bailey at London's National Portrait Gallery. In: Financial Times , February 7, 2014.
- ↑ We'll Take Manhattan on BBC Four , January 26, 2012, accessed July 5, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bailey, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |