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It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

David Bailey

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
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David Royston Bailey
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