The david bailey sumo over 300 of the greatest portraits of our time, printed big and bold sumo david bailey david bailey, francis hodgson, benedikt taschen limited sumo edition. Hardcover, numbered and signed by david bailey, 50 x 70 cm, 440 pages, with a bookstand designed by marc newson. Each edition comes with a set of four book jackets featuring john lennon and paul mccartney, jean shrimpton, mick jagger, and andy warhol. Edition of 2,700 isbn 978 3 8365 5810 5 english in 1965, portrait and fashion photographer david bailey released his groundbreaking book box of pin ups, securing him as the hip tastemaker for 1960s london cool. With mick jagger his best man at his wedding to catherine deneuve, bailey was also the inspiration for the classic movie blow up. From the swinging '60s to the present day, bailey has never stopped pushing the boundaries of his signature in your face portraiture and is widely regarded as one of the great postwar photographers. This big book of bailey is the culmination of an incredible career, the result of two years' worth of research into his personal archives. Through penetrating pictures of the beautiful and the notorious, the idolized and the powerful, friends and family, writers, artists, and fellow photographers, bailey presents a sweeping cultural history of the last 60 years. Featured subjects include andy warhol, salvador dalí, kate moss, nelson mandela, francis bacon, zaha hadid, the rolling stones, jack nicholson, brigitte bardot, margaret thatcher, and hundreds more. As his friend damien hirst writes in the foreword he's the master of his art and he's created a mind blowing visual language. Additional text includes a three part essay on bailey's portraiture by noted photography critic francis hodgson. Limited to a total of 3,000 numbered and signed copies, each edition comes with a bookstand designed by marc newson and a set of four book jackets featuring john lennon and paul mccartney, jean shrimpton, mick jagger, and andy warhol. The collector's edition no. 301 3,000 is limited to 2,700 copies. The four art editions of 75 copies each no. 1 300 all come with separate prints signed by david bailey. Big book. Small club. David bailey multi one size