PHOTOGRAPHER

David Bailey

1938 - Today

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David Royston Bailey (born 2 January 1938) is an English photographer and director, most widely known for his fashion photography and portraiture, and role in shaping the image of the Swinging Sixties. Bailey has also directed several television commercials and documentaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Bailey is the 40th most popular photographer (up from 68th in 2019), the 1,908th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,469th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, David Bailey ranks 40 out of 148Before him are William Klein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sophie Calle, Napoleon Sarony, Peter Lindbergh, and Astrid Kirchherr. After him are Berenice Abbott, Lewis Hine, Andreas Gursky, Jan Saudek, Philippe Halsman, and Daidō Moriyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, David Bailey ranks 171Before him are Isabelle Aubret, Hermann Nitsch, Johnny Rebel, Félix Mourinho, Omar Abdel-Rahman, and Astrid Kirchherr. After him are Ronny Cox, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Adolf Scherer, Diane Baker, Bernadette Lafont, and Manuel Sanchís Martínez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Bailey ranks 1,908 out of 8,785Before him are John Bull (1562), Ian Kershaw (1943), Dorothy Round (1909), Jack Hawkins (1910), Thomas Simpson (1710), and Louis Harold Gray (1905). After him are Richard Adams (1920), Martin Amis (1949), Charles Macintosh (1766), Peter Vaughan (1923), Thomas Sydenham (1624), and Edward Young (1683).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among photographers born in United Kingdom, David Bailey ranks 3Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830), and Roger Fenton (1819). After him are Cecil Beaton (1904), Alexander Gardner (1821), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869), Allan Warren (1948), and Mick Rock (1948).