David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English fashion and portrait photographer. Read full biography of David Bailey →
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography... →
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
I always go for simplicity.
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill photography because... →
The skull is nature's sculpture.
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.
It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues... →
David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English fashion and portrait photographer.