The First Post (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Beatles to Bowie, a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, explores the pop music personalities who turned the capital into 'Swinging London' in the 1960s. Through…
The Age (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
'It always makes me laugh when people say I was born a man,' says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced the sale of "Photographs" on December 7, which will conclude the Fall 2009 season for the category. With viewings open to the public from December 3-6, the sale presents a distinct array of themes varying from the examination of the human form, the western frontier, to decadent and glamorous fashion photography. The 190 lots included in the sale
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A nude photo of Roman Polanski and his late wife Sharon Tate, taken just months before her murder, is going up for auction. The photo “certainly is provocative because of who the characters are,” a Christie’s VP tells Reuters . “But it's also a touching naked shot of a happy couple,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Christie's auction house is auctioning off a David Bailey photo of Roman Polanski and then-wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before her murder. Christie's estimates it will sell for between $8,000-$12,000 at the December 7 auction. From Reuters : "It's an important image," said Laura Paterson, a vice president at Christie's auction house and a specialist in their photography department. "It...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Proving once again that nothing sells like a controversy, Christie's said today that a print of a photo showing a nude Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate is heading for the auction block. The portrait was taken in 1969 in London...
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Ric says: This vid was shot at Tom Quayle's place after several nice glasses of Shiraz. I'm using Tom's Suhr standard, an amazing guitar! Thanks to Whitesnake. Hope you enjoy! A really cool time filmed by Tom "David Bailey" Quayle... Ric plays some cool licks at 2:35 and then check out George's gnarly speed licks at the end... more tea vicar? Rick Graham and George Marios - Friday night shred...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nude photo of film director Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it could fetch more than $10,000 (6,000 pounds), organizers said.
Petrol Poetry (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
So on Monday me and my friends went for a photo shoot because all the photos we have are a little bit bad because no of us are really David Bailey. We've got the photos back and they are so lovely, I love them! Here are a couple but I shall post more when I get a copy of them I love them. More to come.... *Trying to nick Liam's hoody* xxx
Madame Arcati (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
David Litchfield If you don't know of Ritz then just fuck off. Ritz was the best British magazine ever, the magazine that ushered the antichrists of celebrity journalism and the paparazzi into our modern UK media with its pioneering Q'n'As, swaggering photography and total respect for the uncorrected hiccups of A-lister burps, farts and slip-ups. It was co-founded in 1976 by David Bailey and ... its...
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
not only was he a friend of swinging 60's most celebrated photographer david bailey, brian duffy was taking some incredible snaps himself. after decades of gathering dust in a box, many wonderful photos are now on display in london. naturally i chose a pic of one of my very favorite actors. here is what brian has to say about him: Tom Courtenay: 'I always found him a pain in the a***. If you were not...
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
MEET the David Bailey of the Antarctic - an Emperor penguin with a passion for capturing the frozen image.
Poetry Hut Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Dorothy Jean Zimba 1931-2009 BENNINGTON On Oct. 28, 2009, Dorothy Jean Zimba, of North Bennington, died in her sleep of natural causes. She was 77 years old. Dorothy was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1931. In her first marriage, to Ray Bailey of Chattanooga, she had two sons. Later she married Richard Zimba of Dearborn [...]
1853 Chairman (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Ford meeting informally with UAW on costs Wed Nov 4, 2009 7:40pm EST By David Bailey DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) will continue meeting informally with United Auto Workers leaders to discuss labor issues following the rejection of concessions by U.S. rank-and-file workers, a top executive said on Wednesday. "We’ll sit down [...]
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
General Motors says it will cost three billion euros to restructure Opel and it didn't say where the money will come from. Analysts say Germany and other European countries will be asked to chip in.
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