David Bailey is a British fashion photographer who has worked with a number of celebrities over his career. David Bailey is a fashion photographer who also has done lot of music photography over the years. Bailey is known for his amazing studio photography work and is most welcome known for his stunning studio portraits. The picture below called ‘Mick Fur Hood’ is one of my personal favourites, I love the soft effect the black and white has on the sitters face, clearing the face of any imperfections and just bringing out the features on the models face. The positioning of the garment on the model is really effective, I can tell the Bailey is from a fashion photography background just from the way the coat is wrapped around the model making the audience feel the softness of the hood.

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer … it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary’ is a quote from David Bailey he made about his exhibition stardust. I can personally learn a lot from a photographer like David Bailey, the quote he made is relevant to my current project because imagination is a key element when creating a piece of artwork, before thinking about taking a photo its good to step back and look what you are actually taken a photograph of. Having a good creative eye is better than being a technical photographer. I personally see myself to be more a creative photographer then a technical one, this is something I can use as an advantage in my work.

Bailey also quotes “your connection with a subject is more important than your technical ability” I personally think this quote is a good example of what defines a good or bad photographer and is a quote I am going to use to inspire me in my future projects. Bailey includes his own personality into his photographs, this is something I am going to take away from looking at the work of Bailey. This individual project is all about reflecting my strengths as a photographer so adding my own personality into my photographs is a key part of making sure my photographs are different from others.