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Jane Birkin, 1969, Platinum Print, Ed. of 15

Jane Birkin, 1969

Platinum Print, Ed. of 15

20 x 20 inches

Catherine Bailey, 1992, Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. of 20

Catherine Bailey, 1992

Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. of 20

18 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches

David Hockney, 1979, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10

David Hockney, 1979

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10

20 x 20 inches

Jean Shrimpton, (Box of Pinups), 1965, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 30

Jean Shrimpton, (Box of Pinups), 1965

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 30

19 x 19 inches

Jerry Hall and Lartigue, French Vogue, Nice, France, 1983, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

Jerry Hall and Lartigue, French Vogue, Nice, France, 1983

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

12 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches

John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1965, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1965

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

13 x 13 inches

Joseph Beuys, 1985, Platinum Print, AP

Joseph Beuys, 1985

Platinum Print, AP

19 5/8 x 15 5/16 inches

Marie Helvin (Shoe in Knickers), 1976, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 10

Marie Helvin (Shoe in Knickers), 1976

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 10

10 13/16 x 16 1/8 inches

Naomi Campbell, 1989, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 28

Naomi Campbell, 1989

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 28

12 1/2 x 8 11/16 inches

Patti Smith, 1978, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

Patti Smith, 1978

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

18 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches

Self Portrait, Singapore, 1957, Platinum Print, Ed. of 10

Self Portrait, Singapore, 1957

Platinum Print, Ed. of 10

6 1/8 x 5 15/16 inches

The Rolling Stones, 1964, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 30

The Rolling Stones, 1964

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 30

12 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches

The Who, 1966, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

The Who, 1966

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

13 x 13 inches

Robert Mapplethorpe, 1980, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20 with 2APs

Robert Mapplethorpe, 1980

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20 with 2APs

20 x 16 3/4 inches

Queen Live Aid, 1985, Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. of 10 with 2APs

Queen Live Aid, 1985

Archival Inkjet Print, Ed. of 10 with 2APs

20 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches

Penelope Tree, 1968, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10

Penelope Tree, 1968

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10

20 x 20 inches

 

Penelope Tree as Mickey Mouse, 1970, Platinum Print, Ed. of 10 with 2APs

Penelope Tree as Mickey Mouse, 1970

Platinum Print, Ed. of 10 with 2APs

19 x 19 inches

 

Paul McCartney, 1975, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

Paul McCartney, 1975

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

13 x 13 inches

Naomi Campbell II, 1989, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 28

Naomi Campbell II, 1989

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 28

12 1/2 x 8 11/16 inches

Miles Davis, 1969, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

Miles Davis, 1969

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

13 x 13 inches

 

Mick Jagger, Fur Hood, 1964, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

Mick Jagger, Fur Hood, 1964

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

12 x 12 inches

Mick Jagger (backstage), 1976, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10

Mick Jagger (backstage), 1976

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10

29 1/2 x 20 inches

Michael Caine, 1965, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20

Michael Caine, 1965

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20

20 x 20 inches

Kate Moss, Vogue, 2013, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 36

Kate Moss, Vogue, 2013

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 36

15 x 12 1/4 inches

John and Paul (standing), 1965, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20 with 2 APs

John and Paul (standing), 1965

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20 with 2 APs

20 x 20 inches

Jerry Hall and Helmut Newton, French Vogue, 1973, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20

Jerry Hall and Helmut Newton, French Vogue, 1973

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20

20 x 30 inches

Jean Shrimpton, Checked Hat, 1963, Platinum Print, Ed. of 15

Jean Shrimpton, Checked Hat, 1963

Platinum Print, Ed. of 15

19 x 19 inches

Jean Shrimpton, 1965, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20

Jean Shrimpton, 1965

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 20

18 x 14 inches

Jean Shrimpton, 1960s, Platinum Print, Ed. of 30 with 3APs

Jean Shrimpton, 1960s

Platinum Print, Ed. of 30 with 3APs

20 1/2 x 19 15/16 inches

Jean Shrimpton, Twist, 1962, Platinum Print, Ed. of 30

Jean Shrimpton, Twist, 1962

Platinum Print, Ed. of 30

19 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches

Jean Shrimpton (fashion), ca. 1960s, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

Jean Shrimpton (fashion), ca. 1960s

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

12 x 12 inches

Jean Shrimpton (fashion I), 1964, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

Jean Shrimpton (fashion I), 1964

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

10 x 10 inches

Francis Bacon Studio Corner, 1983, Lamda Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

Francis Bacon Studio Corner, 1983

Lamda Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 20

12 x 15 3/4 inches

Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, and Jean Shrimpton, 1960s, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10 with 2APs

Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, and Jean Shrimpton, 1960s

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 10 with 2APs

20 x 20 inches

Elton John, 1971, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 12 with 3APs

Elton John, 1971

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 12 with 3APs

20 x 20 inches

Catherine Bailey, (diptych), Devon, 1981, Platinum Print, Ed. of 25

Catherine Bailey, (diptych), Devon, 1981

Platinum Print, Ed. of 25

11 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches

 

Catherine (with flamingo), Vogue, 1966, Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

Catherine (with flamingo), Vogue, 1966

Archival Pigment Print, Ed. of 15

20 x 20 inches

Brigitte Bardot, 1967, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

Brigitte Bardot, 1967

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 60

 15 x 10 inches

Brassai, 1983, Platinum Print, Ed. of 10 with 1AP

Brassai, 1983

Platinum Print, Ed. of 10 with 1AP

20 3/4 x 17 inches

Bob Marley, 1977, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 18

Bob Marley, 1977

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 18

12 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984, Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 10

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984

Silver Gelatin Photograph, Ed. of 10

16 x 16 inches

Balenciaga (marvels of Form 1), 1967, Platinum Print, Ed. of 10

Balenciaga (marvels of Form 1), 1967

Platinum Print, Ed. of 10

16 x 16 inches

Press Release

BAILEY:

Photographs

 

September 28, 2023 through January 6, 2024

Exhibition Reception: Thursday, September 28th  

 

The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present selected photographs by David Bailey. This exhibition includes some of Bailey’s signature images of luminaries of fashion, music, and fine art. In portraits and little-known “torn” prints, he captures subjects including Jane Birkin, Michael Caine, David Hockney, Helmut Newton, Jean Shrimpton, and Mick Jagger.

Bailey’s bold and iconoclastic style has made him one of the world’s most renowned living portrait photographers and earned him as much fame as his subjects. Discarding the rigid rules of a previous generation of portrait and fashion photographers, he channeled and immortalized the energies of London in the 1960s and beyond. Self-taught, his distinctive style comprises stark white backgrounds, uncompromising crops, and striking, seemingly spontaneous poses. From the beginning of his career, which now spans more than six decades, his arresting yet spare portraits and fashion images have conveyed a radical sense of youth and sexuality, often typifying the look of the times.

David Bailey was born in London in 1938. His childhood shaped his early experiences in the East End during the Blitz of WWII. Having left school at fifteen, he was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in 1956. Whilst posted in Singapore, he bought his first camera and was inspired to be a photographer after seeing Cartier Bresson's photograph, 'Kashmir'. Bailey started working with fashion photographer John French as his assistant in 1959. He left soon after to strike out his career as a photographer and published his first portrait of Somerset Maugham for 'Today' magazine in 1960. Bailey’s meteoric rise at British Vogue in the early ’60s was followed by the publication, in 1965, of his first photography book, Box of Pin-Ups, which, as its title suggests, depicted media stars such as Mick Jagger, The Beatles, and Andy Warhol, among many others. His mercurial persona was the inspiration for the principal character—a fashion photographer—in Michelangelo Antonioni’s modern classic film Blow-Up (1966), and Bailey went on to create some of the most memorable and sensual portraits of the last century. Bailey has exhibited worldwide, with the first of his landmark exhibitions in 1971 at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Other exhibitions have been held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (1983), International Center of Photography, New York (1984), Birth of Cool, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2000), and Bailey's Stardust, National Portrait Gallery, London (2014), which travelled through 2015 to Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, and Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. Bailey's work is held in private and public collections, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 

Press images available upon request

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