David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey, CBEis an English fashion and portrait photographer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth2 January 1938
best kate since
Kate Moss is the best thing since Jean Shrimpton, really.
In a way, a man's body is more beautiful than a woman's.
I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.
fall love men sort women
I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women.
belongs came century half second thinks
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. They said digital would kill photography because everyone can do it, but they said that about the box brownie in 1885 when it came out. It makes photography interesting because everyone thinks they can take a picture.
african anarchy cleaner drives lots objects rearrange relate statues
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 and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres.
eight good heads instead seven
Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.
bit black longer perceived
Consultancy used to be perceived as a bit of a black art. That is no longer the case.
licking shoes
It was licking at our heels. My shoes were singed.
affordable perception problem
It's going to be a challenge. Right now, Pensacola has a little perception problem with affordable rentals.
caught fire lost paper products structure toilet
They caught all the toilet paper and paper products on fire in the bathroom. They lost the whole building, a $10,000 structure that was destroyed.
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It's an exciting time for PC manufacturers. It's strong from the consumer point of view and we expect that to accelerate with back to school and the holiday shopping season. Sales have actually been pretty good. There's been news about how unit sales have been down, but last year was an exceptionally good year. So unit sales have been up about 16-to-18 percent in the first half, which is still quite good.
flip bits
I've always been a bit flip.
type shocked
I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!