David Bailey. Eighties

Captur[es] the bold spirit of 1980s fashion with Bailey’s trademark wit. * Wallpaper* *„David Bailey is someone who was at the heart of the fashion, art, and society scene as a chronicler. His simply titled Eighties album presents the Olympus of that era. Many icons live on in his photos. His photo series were style-defining and are timeless classics.” * Der Standard *With Eighties, TASCHEN pays tribute to David Bailey’s work in the 80s… Bailey’s inimitable sense for the moment and his ability to simultaneously stage the façade and allow the reality behind the staging to shine through is magical. * Rolling Stone *Serve[s] not only as a visual narrative but a time capsule, one that eloquently preserves the grit, glamour, and contradictions of this turbulent and historic period. * Musée Magazine *In an illustrated book, star photographer David Bailey pays a photographic and fashionable tribute to the decade. * Stern *Fun and sensuality. * Corriere della Sera *The visual story of an epic moment that continues to knock on the fashion world’s door today. * Vanity Fair Italia *British photographer David Bailey captures the excess, glamour and audacity of the decade that made everything bigger and brighter. * Marie Claire Belgique *More than 200 snaps of that decadent decade by the prolific London-born fashion and portrait photographer. * Bal Harbour Magazine *This lavish book takes readers back to the era of power dressing… From the pages of Vogue and Tatler, Bailey’s 1980s images have become some of his best known. * Royal Photographic Society *The era of excess - in pictures. * The Guardian *A collection of [David Bailey’s] most striking pictures. * The Times *Bailey captures the playfulness, intensity, and excitement of the era. * Il Messaggero *Two decades on from David Bailey the upstart we arrive at David Bailey the established documentarian in an era of bold colours and big hair. * Country Living *A hefty new tome not short of shoulder pads and lycra. * Wallpaper* *The paper is thick, beautifully white and the print quality is exceptional. It really is very nice to feel as well as to look at. * Amateur Photographer *The book serves as testament to the era’s fun and frivolity while also offering an intimate look at some of its fabled characters. * The Financial Times *Every shot is a power play of personality and staging, every page a celebration of an era in which glamour and drama formed a perfect symbiosis. Great Britain’s super photographer David Bailey is fittingly celebrated in David Bailey. Eighties. * Welt am Sonntag *Few photographers have shaped fashion photography of this time as much as the great Londoner… Bright colors, lycra, spandex, highly coiffed hair, power shoulders - it couldn’t be more glamorous on 296 pages (in XL format, of course). * Süddeutsche Zeitung *A style bible. * The Guardian *Are we waiting for the eighties? Did it happen? Was I away? * David Bailey *

London-born David Bailey (b. 1938) is widely acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of contemporary photography, having shot some of the most iconic portraits of the last six decades. Bailey’s early work helped both define and capture 1960s London, when he made stars of a new generation of models, including Jean Shrimpton and Penelope Tree. Bailey channeled the energy of London’s informal street culture to create a new style of casual coolness. Drawing inspiration from Modernism, he injected movement and immediacy into his work by using a very direct, cropped perspective. Bailey’s interests extend to commercials, film, painting, and sculpture.