David bailey photography

From Mick through fur via Kate with big hair, a glowing Jack Nicholson and a frolicking Jerry Hall, David Bailey's work is the benchmark in the difficult art of portrait photography

David Bailey has a new exhibition opening at Gagosian the exhibition documents the period of the 1960s and includes some of Bailey’s signature images of luminaries of pop and art.

Nearly 60 years into his career, the British photographer is releasing a book that treats his most iconic images with monumental reverence.

Male fashion & art photography with a homoerotic undertone

David Bailey’s new book from Taschen includes over 300 portraits of the likes of the Beatles, Mick Jagger, Kate Moss, and Queen Elizabeth II.

David Bailey was Born in 1938 in London, he learned to shoot by himself, before joining the RAF in Malaysia in 1957. In 1959 he became a photographic assistant at the John French studio In 1961 being contracted as a fashion photographer for British Vogue magazine. With model Jean Shrimpton, he became known as one of the key photographers of the decade, capturing "swinging London", along with Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy. The three photographers socialised with musicians, actors,gangsters…

Nearly 60 years into his career, the British photographer is releasing a book that treats his most iconic images with monumental reverence.

A new book revisits David Bailey’s iconic portraits.

David Bailey was born in Leytonstone East London, to Herbert Bailey, a tailor's cutter, and his wife, Sharon, a machinist.