Born
in London in 1938, David
Bailey has always
maintained a close
attachment to London’s
East End and its
community.
Much of his trend-setting
art appeared in Vogue in
the ’60s. Initially it
was photojournalism and
portraiture which Bailey
found attractive, but
his desire to break down
the stuffy conventions
of British photography
thrust him into the
limelight along with
Terence Donovan and
Brian Duffy. Together
they pulled British
Vogue out of the shadow
of its American
counterpart and became
an integral part of
London’s “Pop Culture.”
Bailey’s photographs of
Jean Shrimpton, his
favoured model and
cohort for three years,
were on the cover of the
first ever newspaper
colour supplement in
1962.
For more than thirty
years Bailey has worked
with the most glamorous
of clients and models
worldwide, continuing
his search for
spontaneous gesture in
dynamic photographs.
