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 The 76-year old, whose famous subjects include supermodel
Kate Moss, Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger and actor Jack
Nicholson, said he had never taken a self portrait on a
smartphone or webcam because he was too busy taking pictures of
other people.
"I only just found out what selfies were. I thought it was
something entirely different! It's just a silly moment," he told
Reuters ahead of his latest exhibition at London's National
Portrait Gallery.
"People won't be doing it in six months' time. There will be
another craze, I can't see the point."
"Bailey's Stardust", which opens on February 6, features 250
portraits spanning his 55-year career but the photographer
insisted the show was not a retrospective.
Organized into different groups, Bailey dedicated rooms in the
exhibition to his wife Catherine, the Rolling Stones and fashion
icons like Moss and Jerry Hall as well as his travels to Papua
New Guinea and East Africa.
Whilst his show features color photography, he is best known for
his stark black-and-white portraits against a simple white
background, which he says helps to convey the message of his
work in a direct manner.
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 "When you look at a color picture, you kind of look
at the color before you look at the message, whereas black and white
cuts out the color, so you go straight to the message."
Showing no signs of slowing despite his age, Bailey says he spends
his time working on various projects across film, sculpture and
photography, adding he never gets nostalgic.
"I'm only interested in now, this moment. Because that is the only
thing we have in life, it's now, this moment. When this moment is
gone, it's another moment," he said.
"But I'd thought I'd have a word with the devil at the crossroads
and see if I can get a bit more time."
(Additional reporting by Freya Berry;
editing by Pravin Char)
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