David Bailey CBE (born January 2, 1938 in Leytonstone, London) is a celebrated and famous English photographer. David Bailey CBE (born January 2, 1938 in Leytonstone, London) is a celebrated and famous English photographer. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leytonstone is a place in East London, England in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ...

Early life

Although born in Leytonstone, his family were forced to move to Heigham Road, East Ham when a World War II bomb destroyed the family home.^[1] Leytonstone is a place in East London, England in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... East Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Bailey was three years old, and this is where he and Thelma, his younger sister, were raised by their father Herbert, a tailor's cutter, and his wife, Gladys. Herbert left the family, and Gladys took work as a machinist.

"In the winter, he recalled, the family would take bread-and-jam sandwiches and go to the cinema every night because in those days it was cheaper to go to the cinema than to put on the gas fire. I'll bet I saw seven or eight movies a week"^[2]

"I remember our house being bombed when I was three. It was in Leytonstone - Alfred Hitchcock was born in the next street - in the East End, and we moved to East Ham. Some days you went to school and some days you didn't, and some days at school you went into the shelter" This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The term East End is most commonly used to refer to the East End of London. ...

"I remember watching the doodlebugs V1 flying bombs) in the sky. A V2 rocket knocked out a cinema in Upton Park where I used to go. I was pissed off, I thought Hitler had killed Mickey Mouse and Bambi" The Vergeltungswaffe 1 Fi 103 / FZG-76 (V-1), known as the Flying bomb, Buzz bomb or Doodlebug, was the first modern guided missile used in wartime and the first cruise missile. ... Upton Park is the name of an area in the London Borough of Newham. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... Mickey Mouse headshot The image above is proposed for deletion. ... This article is about the 1942 Walt Disney film. ...

"I remember looking through the railings, waiting for my mum to take me home from Plashet Grove school. And I remember that for once in my life I got something right: when we were asked, "Who built the Suez Canal?" I said, "The French." I got it right by accident I thought everyone who was foreign was French. After that, it was downhill all the way".. For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ...

^[3] Bailey developed a love of natural history, and this lead him into photography. Suffering from undiagnosed dyslexia, he experienced problems at school, he attended private school, Clark's College in Ilford where he says they taught him less than the more basic council school. Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... This article is about developmental dyslexia. ... Ilford is a district of the London Borough of Redbridge in east London, England. ...

"We were posh East End, if that's possible, but I had cardboard in my shoes and was at the social bottom of this cheap private school; some of the parents had tobacconist's shops, which was a bit posher"

. In one school year he claims he only attended 33 times.^[4]

He left school on his fifteenth birthday, to become a copy boy at the Fleet Street offices of the Yorkshire Post. He raced through a series of dead end jobs, before his call up for National Service in 1956, serving with the Royal Air Force in Singapore in 1957. The appropriation of his trumpet forced him to consider other creative outlets, and he bought a Rolleiflex. Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. ... The Yorkshire Post was founded in 1754, as the Leedes Intelligencer, making it one of Britains first daily newspapers. ... National service is a common name for compulsory or voluntary military service programs. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Rolleiflex 2. ...

He was demobbed in August 1958, and determined to pursue a career in photography, he purchased a Canon Rangefinder. Unable to obtain a place at the London College of Printing, because of his school record, he became a second assistant to David Ollins, in Charlotte Mews. He earned £3 10s (£3.50) a week, and acted as studio dogsbody. He was delighted to be called to an interview with John French. Canon Inc. ... London College of Communication The London College of Communication (formerly the London College of Printing) is one of the five constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. ... Look up dogsbody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... John French has been the name of two famous soldiers: Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres was the commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in World War I, during 1914-15. ...

Professional career

In 1959 he became a photographic assistant at the John French studio before being contracted as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine in 1960. He also did a large amount of freelance work.^[5] For other uses, see Fashion (disambiguation). ... For other meanings, see vogue. ... Freelance 800F - The compact solution ABBs Freelance 800F control system combines easy engineering with an open, modern system architecture. ...

Along with Terence Donovan, he captured, and in many ways helped create the Swinging London of the 1960s: a culture of high fashion and celebrity chic. Both photographers socialised with actors, musicians and royalty, and found themselves elevated to celebrity status. Together, they were the first real celebrity photographers. Terence Donovan (1936-1996) was a celebrated photographer and film director, perhaps best remembered for his fashion photography of the 1960s, or for the music video to Robert Palmers Addicted to Love. He was born in Stepney in the East End of London, and took his first photo at... Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Members of the royal family shared amongst the Commonwealth Realms. ...

Of Supermodel Jean Shrimpton, Bailey said Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. ... Jean Shrimpton (b. ...

"She was magic and the camera loved her too. In a way she was the cheapest model in the world - you only needed to shoot half a roll of film and then you had it. "She had the knack of having her hand in the right place, she knew where the light was, she was just a natural."

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The Swinging London scene was aptly reflected in his Box of Pin-Ups (1964): a box of poster-prints of 1960s celebrities and socialites including Terence Stamp, The Beatles, and notorious East End gangsters the Kray twins (see photo). Terence Stamp (born July 22, 1939) is an English actor. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is an area, with no formal authority or boundaries, that spans a number of administative districts of London in England. ... For other uses, see Gang (disambiguation). ... Ronald Ronnie Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald Reggie Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000) were identical twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in Londons East End during the 1950s and 60s. ...

David Bailey's iconic photo of The Kray twins.

The box was an unusual and unique commercial release, and it reflected the changing status of the photographer that one could sell a collection of prints in this way. (The strong objection to the presence of the Krays on the part of Lord Snowdon was the major reason no American edition of the "Box" ever appeared, nor a British second edition issued.) Image File history File links Krays. ... Image File history File links Krays. ... Antony Armstrong-Jones, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (born March 7, 1930) is a well-known photographer, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, and the former husband of the late Princess Margaret. ...

One of the most notable points about the portraits within the box is that Bailey cut off the tops of the subject's head or cropped in closer than most traditional portrait photographers would have done at the time. This gave an impression that the pictures were bigger than they actually are, and has since become a common practice in portrait and fashion photography. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Photographer. ...

In 1966, the movie Blowup was made, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film concerned itself with the work (and sexual perks) of a London fashion photographer played by David Hemmings and was largely based on Bailey. “Moving picture” redirects here. ... Blowup (also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British-Italian art film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English language film. ... Michelangelo Antonioni (September 29, 1912 - July 30, 2007) was an Italian modernist film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetics. ... David Hemmings in Blowup David Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English movie actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Michelangelo Antonionis Blowup in 1966 (opposite Vanessa Redgrave), one of the films that best represented the spirit of the 1960s. ...

As well as fashion photography, Bailey has been responsible for record album sleeve art, for performers including The Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull. He has also directed several television commercials and documentaries. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... A television documentary is a documentary or a series of documentaries that are meant to be broadcasted on television. ...

One of Bailey's most famous works depicts the Rolling Stones. It features Brian Jones, who drowned in 1969 while under the influence of drink and drugs. He is seen standing slightly apart from the rest of the group.^[7] For other persons named Brian Jones, see Brian Jones (disambiguation). ...

Bailey was awarded the CBE in 2001.^[8] The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander...

Bailey continues to work, with latest subjects including Manchester band Oasis, boxer Naseem Hamed and Supermodel Naomi Campbell. But his style of photography remains the same. Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. ... Naseem redirects here. ... Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. ... Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an English supermodel, actress, singer, and author of Jamaican/Chinese descent. ...

"I've always tried to do pictures that don't date. I always go for simplicity,"- Bailey.

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Personal life

Bailey has married four times: in 1960 to Rosemary Bramble, in 1965 to the actress Catherine Deneuve (divorced 1972), in 1975 to the model Marie Helvin and in 1986 to the actress Catherine Dyer to whom he is married as of 2004. and by the way, Subi Ali is in fact, linking James May's mother. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Catherine Deneuve (born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac) (French IPA: ), (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. ... Marie Helvin (13 August 1952 in Tokyo, Japan), of Hawaiian origin, was one of the first supermodels. ...

References and notes

Books

• The Birth of the Cool, by David Bailey, 1999. ISBN 0-670-88818-4
• If We Shadows, by David Bailey (photographs) and George Melly (Preface), 2001. ISBN 0-500-28255-2
• Chasing Rainbows, by David Bailey (photographs) and Robin Muir (text), 2001. ISBN 0-500-54241-4

External links

• David Bailey at the Internet Movie Database
• Examples of his iconic 60's work.
• Text of 1994 interview.
• 2000 interview (text and video)
• 2006 CNN interview (text and video)