David Bailey: Sculpture +

by David Bailey (Photographer), Martin Harrison (Introduction)

I’m not saying I’m a sculptor, I just make images. I don't take photographs, I make them. And now I’m making something else.
Renowned as one of the world’s most illustrious photographers, Bailey shocked viewers as he presented a dark and rugged collection of cast silver and bronze sculptures alongside a body of new photographs, underlining the stark contrast between the two media and emphasizing his versatility as an artist. This book, designed by Bailey, showcases these new works. The book explores the idea that image-makers should not be confined to one discipline, a freedom that Bailey fully justifies with these powerful works.

64 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2016

About the author

David Bailey is one of the most respected photographers in the world. He worked as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine, but he is also known for his work on the ‘Swinging London’ scene from the 1960s, which gave him celebrity photographer status.

Bailey’s fashion work and celebrity portraiture, characterized by stark backgrounds and dramatic lighting effects, transformed British fashion and celebrity photography from chic but reserved stylization to something more youthful and direct. His work reflects the 1960s British cultural trend of breaking down antiquated and rigid class barriers by injecting a working-class or “punk” look into both clothing and artistic products. Bailey himself became a celebrity who epitomized “swinging London”; he was known for his affairs with several celebrated women, among them the model Jean Shrimpton and the actress Catherine Deneuve, whom he married in 1965 (divorced 1972). He is thought to have inspired the role of the photographer, Thomas, in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow-up (1966).