David Bailey is considered one of the pioneers of contemporary photography. He was born in Leytonstone, East London and has remained living in London for the majority of his life. He became a photographer assistant in 1959 at the John French Studio. In 1960 his was contracted as a fashion photographer for the magazine Vogue.
I have chosen to include David Bailey because of his iconic fashion photographs. With Bailey being so well known for his photography in fashion, i felt it hard to not include him. A lot of his work also incorporates portraiture which is an aspect that i can take influence from when looking at beauty. I find his use of tone makes his images look flawless and perfect with them having the perfect lighting needed.
Bailey is an influence of mine to help me to consider the set up of my photographs. I have found that by looking at his images i am going to take tone into consideration as well as use lighting massively to impact my images. His work has also allowed me to think more throughly about my composition and how i actually want my final image to look.
Above and below are examples of David Baileys work. The image above is his work with model Kate Moss. Both of these images are examples of Bailey's style of shooting where the model takes up he majority of the frame and high key lighting has been used. Definition is clear in both of these images, in the first image it is clear when looking at her face as you can see a very defined jaw bone. The second image shows well structured facial features that have been well enhanced to suit the image. The hair in both these images suits the frame well and has been altered to fit with the composition of the images.
These images are another example of Bailey's work again the use of high key and tone show the typical style that Bailey chooses to shoot in. In these images the composition has been altered as the main aspect of the image is the hair. In both of these images the use of tone helps to see the different shades in the models hair. This is an example of beauty photography as it shows the makeup and hair effectively and enhances them to give a flawless look.
In summary, David Bailey is a influence to me as he is able reflect on beauty through his portraiture work. Also his use of tone and high key helps to give these images a well defined enhanced look. This is one way that i could look at beauty on people as it would work well to look at peoples own personal style of makeup and how they choose to wear their makeup.
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