#rap

I did painting before I did photography. ↗

— David Bailey

#did #i #painting #photography

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence. ↗

— David Bailey

#existence #helps #i #know #make

I never set out to be a photographer. ↗

— David Bailey

#never #out #photographer #set

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it. ↗

— David Bailey

#fingers #i #i do #just #keep

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. ↗

— David Bailey

#escape #feel #good #guinea #i

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things. ↗

— David Bailey

#money #more #most #now #photography

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved. ↗

— David Bailey

#anything #artist #arty #because #certain

You adapt to who you're photographing. ↗

— David Bailey

#photographing #who #you

Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#cable #distance #facilities #gives #lessen

Biography should be written by an acute enemy. ↗

— Arthur Balfour

#biography #enemy #should #written