The portraits in this book have been personally selected by Bailey
from the wide range of subjects and groups that he has captured so
brilliantly over the last five decades: actors, writers, musicians,
politicians, film-makers, models, artists and people encountered on
his travels to Australia, India, Sudan and Papua New Guinea; many
of them famous, some unknown, all of them engaging and memorable.
Baileys Stardust will be accompanied by a major exhibition at the
National Portrait Gallery, London, in spring 2014, which will then
tour to venues on four continents. The book, like the exhibition,
is structured thematically, with iconic images presented alongside
many lesser-known and previously unseen portraits, and includes an
illuminating introduction by the art historian Tim Marlow.
Initially engaged as an assistant to John French in 1959, Bailey
was contracted by British Vogue the following year. He has since
worked for the French, Italian and American editions of the
magazine, created album sleeves for major recording artists such as
the Rolling Stones, directed television commercials, and made
documentary films, including in-depth studies of Cecil Beaton,
Luchino Visconti and Andy Warhol. Baileys photographs helped to
define the cultural and social scene of the 1960s, and
immortalising figures from the worlds of fashion, music, film and
art soon elevated Bailey to the status of celebrity himself.
Antonionis cult film Blow-up (1966), about a London fashion
photographer, was inspired by Bailey, whose life was also
dramatised recently in the BBC film Well Take Manhattan (2012),
which tells the story of his 1962 New York fashion shoot with the
model Jean Shrimpton. The tritone-printed images in this book have
been reproduced from prints newly made by David Bailey himself for
the accompanying exhibition. The photographer has been closely
involved in all aspects of the design and production of the book,
including page layout, the selection of the paper and the tonal
density of the printed images.
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