David Bowie: Icon is a different album of 25 photographers who have photographed rock chameleons, presenting not only classic photographs of David Bowie, but also the personal memories behind them.
Today we will relive David Bowie from these fragments through these photos and memories.
Translation: Yang Zixuan
Editor: Peaches
Cross the Siberian Express
Jeff McCormack: "First of all, I was a member of David Bowie's band in the '70s, I sang along for 'Aladdin Sane/Ziggy,' 'Diamond Dogs' and 'Young American' tours, percussion, choreography and action choreography, and I was involved in recording six of his albums. ”
"In April 1973, when David and I were on a boat trip to Tokyo, Hoeda Masayoshi (a Japanese photographer) bought me a Nikon Mart camera. The first photograph I took of David was on the sidelines of a speed train across Siberia, which is one of the images I included in this anthology. ”
Andrew Kent talks about getting Bowie's approval
Andrew Kent: "I was hired on the basis that if you get along with David and he likes your pictures, you get the job." Later, I toured the United States and Europe with them, and they kept adding new performance schedules. After the first few performances, we had a meeting late at night to review the photos. ”
"I made a selection mark on the photo and David said, 'Your choice is good, we don't have to do this again.'" I was the first photographer to get fully recognized by David, I could use whatever I wanted, and I could shoot anything. David didn't like the camera to keep the camera in front of his face, so I only shot in moments of value. I feel good about timing. ”
"In 1976, we were on a train and were stopped by KGB agents at the border between Russia and Poland, and we had transit visas. When he saw us, he said, 'We didn't think it was you.' We were taken to the KGB's headquarters, where they confiscated some of our magazines and let us go. ”
"Iki Pope was also travelling with us at the time and as we approached the border they stripped him and David. On the trip I carried a Swiss Army knife and collected all sorts of strange things, and I even collected a small sign for a train toilet that said 'toilet paper' in four different languages. I hid everything in our compartment, and luckily they didn't search the compartment. ”
"The media was waiting for us at the station, and the headline was 'David Bowie Disappeared in the Soviet Union.'"
She filmed a performance where photography was forbidden
Janet Makosca: "In 1978, Bowie was on an 'Isolar II' tour in the United States, and I heard he forbade all photographers to shoot his performances, but I made up my mind. ”
"The local show promoter asked me to come early to shoot Bowie's unique stage design to put in their profile, and I agreed, and their condition was that I only have activities in the show building, pretending not to remember me. David arranged for large security guards on both sides of the stage to stop the photographers. They would even enter the audience and take away the camera rolls they found. ”
"There was a nice row of people covering me so I could reach out and shoot David. At one point, he stood directly in front of me, smiled and shook his finger at me because he had grabbed my current. But he told the big men of the security guards not to disturb me, and I was allowed to shoot the whole show, God bless. ”
Greg Goleman on his encounter with genius
Greg Gorman: "I couldn't help but be a little nervous to see such a creative genius, a real legend. So, when we came face to face, I was surprised to find that he was not only approachable, but also very, very funny, very humorous. I certainly helped me relax, and over the next decade I took many pictures of him. ”
"I remember one january day in Los Angeles, David called and invited me to his small birthday party at a relatively unfamiliar restaurant called Matsuhisa. He asked me if I knew there, and I said I didn't. David replied to me in his own unique way: 'Well, in your words, Greg, there will be blowing up your eggs there.' 'Classic Bowie-esque speech. ”
Bowie shoots promotional photos for his 1974 album Diamond Dogs in London
Terry O'Neill: "Initially, I was just asked to take some reference photos of David and a dog on the ground taking poses, which would be used to help Belgian artist Guy Peellaert paint portraits and eventually on record covers. In the following links, according to the same theme, those pictures will be used for publicity, or it may be an album inside page, a concert promo, and so on. ”
When it was time to shoot, he walked in with several assistants, one of whom was leading a huge dog. The dog was supposed to be lying at his feet, and by this time everything was going well, Bowie stretched out in his chair, and I got to work. ”
"But every time my camera shoots, the dog gets a little more excited. The click of the camera and the crackling of the lights must have provoked the dog. At one point, the strobe lights hovering over Bowie and the dog's head caused the dog to bark and jump, and onlookers screamed and avoided it. I'm safely hiding behind my camera, but what about David? David was completely unfazed. ”
Self-titled album
Photographer Gerald Feinley took cover photos of David Bowie's debut self-titled album.
Janet Makosca recounts her love for Bowie
Janet Makosca: "During the 1983 'Serious Moonlight' tour, I was sent to shoot a performance at Cleveland. It was on this show that I took a photo of what I now consider to be my favorite Bowie, and one of all the photos I've taken in my 46 years as a professional photographer. This photo looks like a studio shot, but it was actually taken on stage. ”
In an instant of 1/60th of a second, Bowie is pictured with his left hand in his trouser pocket and unties his bow tie. When his right hand held the microphone next to him, his head was bowed to my left, and his face was full of sneers. Actors/pantomime actors/musicians/fashionistas blend into one at this moment, and this is David Bowie, the perfect image of both an idol and a hero. ”
"In 1995, I got a chance to meet David Bowie on an 'Outside' tour with The Nine Inch Nails, and I framed this picture of my favorite and gave it to him. About three weeks later, I received an envelope from Switzerland, but I didn't know any swiss people. ”
It was a handwritten letter from Bowie, written on his embossed stationery, thanking me for sending him the picture. He asked me to forgive him for his belated thanks, that handwritten note was polite, what a perfect English gentleman! It only makes me love him more. ”
Masayoshi Hoeda talks about filming Bowie's story
Masayoshi Hoeda: "When I saw David Bowie on stage, I saw his creative genius. I watched him perform with Lou Reed, so powerful. Bowie is different from other rock 'n' roll guys, he has something special and I know I have to shoot him. ”
David Bowie, November 8, 1995
Kevin Cummings: "I always strive to be the best I can, and many years later, I told Bowie that he was responsible for my career choices. He looked embarrassed and replied, 'Oh no, I've been accused a lot, and I don't want to be responsible for this.' Then he laughed. ”
60 years of friendship
Jeff McCormack: "It's a very happy thing for me to have an atlas like this that about friends I've been friends for 60 years, to document that era, and to share it with everyone. ”
Heterochromatic pupil from Bowie's 1973 album Pin Ups
Justin de Villeneuve: "Twiggy and I flew to Paris, where David was recording his new album Pin Ups, so I booked a studio to shoot portraits. As they sat down in front of me, I realized we had a problem, when Twiggy and I had just returned from the Bahamas and she was tanned and David was white as a ghost. ”
"It looked strange for them to stand together, so the makeup artist and I decided to paint masks of the same color on their faces, and that's how the problem was solved." When I looked at David through the lens viewfinder, I realized that his eyes were different in color. I've seen him so many times before that I haven't noticed it! ”
"When I showed David the Polaroid picture of the image, he loved it and asked me if I could use it as the cover of his new album. I replied, 'But this is a special commission from Vogue magazine.' Then I asked him how many copies he thought his album would sell, and he said 'a million copies.'" ”
"I realized that Vogue would release eighty thousand copies at most, but it would soon be forgotten, so I agreed with David to use it as his next album cover. But Vogue never paid any more attention to me! ”
Marcus Klinko talks about filming Bowie's album cover
Marcus Klinko: "In 2001, I was working with Iman, and I had just filmed the cover of her upcoming coffee table book I am Iman, and we had an editorial meeting. To my great surprise, her companion was David. He was as charismatic as everyone expected, and half an hour after the editorial session began, David turned around and asked if I would be interested in shooting a cover for his next album. I was really excited. ”
Ref：
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-pictures/david-bowie-icon-book-terry-oneill-mick-rock-norman-parkinson-masayoshi-sukita-1074360/04-tif/
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