DAVID BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHY

David Bailey is a well known English photographer who has inspired a lot of my portraiture work in the past, therefore I feel exploring his work will benefit me for this project.
To the left is a photograph of Jude Law by Bailey, it has a greyscale colour scheme meaning that it is black and white, it is quite minimalistic as there are not many features but this allows our attention to be drawn to all the detail.

The detail that I am most drawn to in the image is the face as the simple natural details such as his skin tones and lips and stubble add a great deal to the subject.
I find the composition of this photo interesting how Bailey has decided to crop the head out of the image, I feel this was to accentuate the models eyes, as he is tilting his head down yet raising his eyebrows and his eyes therefore the image focuses on the eyes making him look powerful and the crop of the image just contributes to this feel.
This image was taken in a studio as you can see by the highlights and shadows on the face for example the left side of his face is lit up as a highlight and the right side is a shadow yet you can see reflections in his left eye (which is in the highlights) therefore I think that studio lighting has been used.
The photograph on a whole for me has quite a pristine feel about it, I think this is due to the white background, the white and white clothing and colour scheme and the simplistic features of the image.