English - Photographer | January 2, 1938 -
I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.
David Bailey
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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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.
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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.
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I never set out to be a photographer.
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I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in.
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
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When I die I want to go to Vogue.
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All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I'm looking at something dead.
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People want security in this insecure world.
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