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David Bailey

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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.


— David Bailey


#children #did #ever #father #got

I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.


— David Bailey


#dyslexic #i #put #school #silly

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.


— David Bailey


#equal #even #had #i #me

I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.


— David Bailey


#first #got #i #rough #serious

I'm an image-maker.


— David Bailey


I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!


— David Bailey


#never #shocked #type

I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham.


— David Bailey


#east #ham #i #just #philosopher

I'm not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus.


— David Bailey


#creative #definitive #focus #i #involved

I'm not political and I don't judge.


— David Bailey


#judge #political

I'm not really one for regrets.


— David Bailey


#really #regrets






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In 1972 rock musician Alice Cooper was photographed by Bailey for Vogue magazine almost naked apart from a snake. Cooper used Bailey the following year to shoot for the groups chart topping 'Billion Dollar Babies' album with one billion dollars and a baby wearing mascara being shot under armed guard. Artists by David Bailey.

In 2012 the BBC made a film of the story of his 1962 New York photoshoot with Jean Shrimpton. Along with Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy he captured and helped create the 'Swinging London' of the 1960s. Born in East London he became a photographic assistant at the John French studio then photographer for John Cole's Studio Five before being contracted as a fashion photographer for British Vogue magazine in 1960.

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