See David's own website at www.davidevansbailey.com

David Evans Bailey was born in Blantye, Malawi in 1957, he was given his first camera at the age of 6 years old. He lived and absorbed the culture of Africa from that early age until 11 years old. He was lucky enough to have eclectic parents who mixed in all races and cultures and took their family to such places as the reserves in Zambia and South Africa, and he spent many happy days by the lakeshore of Lake Malawi. His father also had a short spell in Addis Ababa as it was then. In 1968 he returned to England with his parents for good.

Having pestered his father for months a really good camera and a darkroom he finally succeeded and has been what he calls a proper photographer since the age of 11.

At the age of 16 years old during the marital breakup of his parents he spent some time with his sister in the Gambia and worked on the game reserve there, and also taking photographs of the Chimpanzees and other animals.

He has since worked in a professional capacity in many spheres which include portraiture, reportage and landscapes. He studied art at School and afterwards and his influences include the Impressionists, Picasso and other modern art movements.

David has also taught photography to all age groups to examination standard and some of his students went on to pursue their own careers in the medium. Throughout his varied career which includes Fight Director, Stage Management and Musician he has always continued his passion for photography.

David has made the progression in his view from Photographer to Digital Artist and he says of this of his work:

“For a long time I wanted to take my photography to a new level of creation. A new reality beyond the vision and reality of the photograph. A world in which the viewer can participate and find something for themselves.

The images I like best are those which interpose ordinary and make them extraordinary. The things which make the viewer ask why? And thus participate in the formation of the artwork. No art is really finished until it has communicated with the person who views it. Until then it is just a potentiality.

This creative journey for me has just begun after a lifetime of real photography. The digital medium has given me the freedom of an artist to experiment and make my own statement upon my images of the world around me.

I hope that you, the viewer, will enjoy viewing these as much as I enjoyed the creation of the illusion for you to view.”

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