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The model Jean Shrimpton photographed by David Bailey (1966)

Biography

Born in Leytonstone, David Royston Bailey came from a working-class East London background.

An undiagnosed dyslexic he left school on his fifteenth birthday, after which he held a series of menial jobs, before doing his National Service with the Royal Air Force in Malaysia (1957–58). In 1959 he decided to pursue a nascent interest in photography and so became an assistant at the John French Photographic Studio, where he began practicing fashion photography.

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In 1960 Bailey moved to John Cole's Studio Five before later joining Vogue magazine, for whom he worked for about 15 years. By the end of 1960 he was also doing a considerable amount of freelance work for other magazines and newspapers.

Bailey's rise at Vogue was meteoric. Within a matter of months he was shooting front covers and rapidly became the most dynamic and creative photographer in the house.

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