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David Bailey: Four Beats to the Bar and No Cheating

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23/04/2011

BBC Four - David Bailey: Four Beats to the Bar and No Cheating

Documentary about fashion photographer, filmmaker, painter and sculptor David Bailey.

Documentary about photographer, filmmaker, painter and sculptor David Bailey as he continues to create one of the most varied and pertinent collections of any modern artist.

From Vogue magazine fashion photographer to filmmaker, painter and sculptor, David Bailey is a cultural icon who has been at the cutting edge of contemporary art for 50 years. A working-class Londoner, he befriended the stars, married his muses and still captures the spirit and elegance of his times with his refreshingly simple approach and razor-sharp eye. 

Approaching his 73rd year, Bailey is showing no sign of slowing up. In his London studio and his country home in Devon, he continues to create one of the most varied and pertinent collections of any modern artist. 

Featuring interviews with art critic Martin Harrison, former wife Catherine Deneuve, current wife Catherine Dyer and close friend Jerry Hall, this is a portrait of a private man who bared the soul of the swinging sixties and seventies with his photographs and films. Grounded, honest, open and ferociously creative, Bailey makes art the way Count Basie played jazz - four beats to the bar and no cheating.

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