‘The 1980s turned out to be magic’: David Bailey on the era of excess – in pictures

Catherine Bailey née Dyer and their son Fenton Bailey, 1988 (American Vogue)

Coddington: ‘What makes this book so striking, however, is the other side of Bailey we find interspersed with its exuberant, witty and vibrantly colourful images: the soft, lyrical, often black-and-white portraits of his wife and longtime muse, Catherine, and their children. Mixed in with the dazzling energy that jumps off the page, these seemingly unposed moments capture an endearing tenderness that is very Bailey’