{"product_id":"david-bailey-trouble-and-strife-1980-1981-reprint","title":"DAVID BAILEY — TROUBLE AND STRIFE (1980), 1981 REPRINT","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thames and Hudson, London, 1980 (this copy: reprint, 1981)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1981 (reprint)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27.3 × 21.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover, 96 pages, with 81 duotone illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0-500-27208-1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Second printing (reprinted 1981)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine — exceptionally well preserved, with no visible imperfections, damage, or signs of wear. The cover, binding, and interior pages remain in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrouble and Strife\u003c\/em\u003e — Cockney rhyming slang for “wife” — is David Bailey's photographic portrait of Marie Helvin, his wife at the time. Originally published by Thames and Hudson in 1980, the book brings together 81 duotone photographs, with a preface by Jacques Henri Lartigue and an introduction by the artist Brian Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book moves between fashion, portraiture, and intimacy, turning Bailey's camera toward the person closest to him. Rather than presenting Helvin solely through the conventions of fashion photography, Bailey constructs a sustained photographic portrait in which studio images, nudes, and more personal observations create an ambiguous space between public persona and private life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBailey's characteristic graphic economy is central to the book: strong blacks, frontal compositions, direct gazes, and tightly controlled framing give the photographs their distinctive tension. The resulting sequence carries the visual language that had made Bailey one of the defining photographers of Swinging London into a more intimate and personal context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLartigue's preface places the publication within a longer photographic tradition in which women close to the photographer become recurring and deeply personal subjects. Brian Clarke's introduction further situates the work within Bailey's broader artistic practice, connecting his photographic portraiture with his interest in image-making, personality, and visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted and bound in the United States, \u003cem\u003eTrouble and Strife\u003c\/em\u003e is an important document of Bailey's work at the intersection of fashion, portraiture, and autobiography, as well as a particularly direct record of his relationship with Marie Helvin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContains nude photography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"david bailey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706584301856,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/david-bailey-trouble-and-strife-1980-1981-reprint-beach-intermission.jpg?v=1791501590","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/david-bailey-trouble-and-strife-1980-1981-reprint","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}