David Royston Bailey, CBE (born 2 January 1938) is an English fashion and portrait photographer. Read full biography of David Bailey →
I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women.
Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.
Good shoes are important. I wear English brogues in a wide fitting. They last me years.
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
I've always been a bit flip.
My exploits are nothing now to the average person.
My paintings are rubbish.
Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.
You adapt to who you're photographing.
I don't feel very optimistic in London.
I just thought it was magic that you could stick a bit of paper in some coffee-type liquid and a picture comes out.
I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
I love learning new techniques.