David Bailey on the wireless

[Sparrow]

... some intresting, and surprisingly frank interviews with someone who has spent a (successful) lifetime in photography ... photographed lots of icons of the 20th century and slept with some of the worlds most beautiful over the last fifty years

David Bailey on the wireless

PS ... I'm not sure about regional availability of the link

 

[Photo_Smith]

I've been listening to them as I drive home from work, great interview. I met him once back in the 1980's he's a funny guy with an impish sense of humour.

His preferred camera is a Rolleiflex also 🙂

 

[ironhorse]

Works fine in New York. Thank you for the link.

 

[StefanJozef]

I loved the interview with Marianne Faithfull. Interesting programme.

 

[Michael Markey]

Thanks Stewart ...been meaning to listen to that .
Good stuff.

 

[Wburgess]

Some really great views being express by Bailey.

Great respect for the man.

 

[Shac]

Thanks Stewart - works fine over here on the west coast

 

[someonenameddavid]

Firstly, from the radio show I can tell he has probably quite bad Emphysema (yes I am a doctor) and secondly he used an Olympus Pen to take pictures of his wife giving birth. He is an anti-gearhead as far as I can tell.

 

[Thardy]

Seems to be a good natured fellow. I enjoyed the interview.

Thanks for the link.

 

[Thardy]

Firstly, from the radio show I can tell he has probably quite bad Emphysema (yes I am a doctor) and secondly he used an Olympus Pen to take pictures of his wife giving birth. He is an anti-gearhead as far as I can tell.

He does sound a bit wheezy when he laughs.

 

[Nokton48]

Excellent. Yes an impish sense of humor. Very enjoyable.

One of those people you would like to meet.

 

[raid]

With color photos, we look at the colors and then at the image.
With B&W photos, we immediately see the image.

 

[Richard G]

"I got sick of looking at frocks." Love it.

 

[saxonsraven1]

I lived down the road from Bailey as a kid and often heard his hyacinth parrots he kept on the upper floors of his house in King Henry's Road. My greatest attraction was when I got to see his photos and the Leica sitting on the table. He is a craftsman of the first order and was a founding member of the sixties without him there would be no fashion or supper models so I am glad to have a Leica thank you David.

 

[Sparrow]

Firstly, from the radio show I can tell he has probably quite bad Emphysema (yes I am a doctor) and secondly he used an Olympus Pen to take pictures of his wife giving birth. He is an anti-gearhead as far as I can tell.

... being emphysemic is a prerequisite for being a great photographer ... I can confirm this from personal experience ... 🙂

 

[Michael Markey]

...and he`s on the wireless again tonight.
Portrait retrospective .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5

http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bailey/exhibition.php

 

[jsrockit]

With color photos, we look at the colors and then at the image.

Yeah, this happens to me in life too... I once couldn't interpret a car as a car because I could only see the color first. Once I realized it was a car, it was too late and got hit. 😱

 

[Sparrow]

Yeah, this happens to me in life too... I once couldn't interpret a car as a car because I could only see the color first. Once I realized it was a car, it was too late and got hit. 😱

... and you are so good at differentiating cameras, and brands of cameras, and models of cameras, and variants thereof ... shame it doesn't extend to automobiles eh? still you seem to have made a good recovery so far

 

[jippiejee]

Yeah, this happens to me in life too... I once couldn't interpret a car as a car because I could only see the color first. Once I realized it was a car, it was too late and got hit. 😱

Hahahah... yes that settles this bs for once and all. One more 'black and white captures the soul while color only shows the clothes' sort of pretentious nonsense and I'll turn this into a drinking game, just to get something beneficial from it...

 

[kuvvy]

Baileys on Sky Arts Channel this week too followed by the film Blow Up.