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I've been used by women all my life, fortunately.

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David Bailey
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 2
Fashion Photographer
Film Director
Photographer
David Royston Bailey
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Women
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I never set out to be a photographer.
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I always go for simplicity.
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I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!
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I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.
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I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
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My paintings are rubbish.
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It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh.
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I've always been a bit flip.
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A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
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I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
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Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character from a Chekhov play or a Polanski film. It depends what mood they're in.
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I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
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Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.
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I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.
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I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
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In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that.
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