Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions

Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions

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<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;"><span>Illustrates Brian Duffy's five different photographic shoots with David Bowie, documenting Bowie's career and pioneering reinvention, as well as Duffy's special relationship with the artist over almost a decade</span></li><li style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;"><span>Includes some of the most famous Bowie images together without takes and rare shots</span></li></ul><span><span><br /></span><span style="font-style:italic;">"Talking about a creative session is like talking about a boxing match. It happened because there was a little bit of magic in the room that night. I'll say it myself, it's a fucking great cover."</span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Brian Duffy</span><span><br /><br />Brian Duffy defined the image of the 1960s, and was as famous as the stars he photographed. Together with David Bailey and Terence Donovan, he is recognized as one of the innovators of "documentary" fashion photography, a style which revolutionized fashion imagery and furthermore the fashion industry.<br /><br />Duffy's most famous photograph dates from the 1970s and is the iconic and revolutionary cover of David Bowie's album </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Aladdin Sane</span><span>, a shot that became the defining look of Bowie's long career, and has been referred to as the </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Mona Lisa</span><span> of pop. The photographer and the rock star collaborated on four other projects: </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Ziggy Stardust</span><span>, </span><span style="font-style:italic;">The Man Who Fell to Earth</span><span>, </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)</span><span> and </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Lodger</span><span>. They worked together during the pivotal years of Bowie's career; when the king of glam was assuming and discarding extraordinary personas, Duffy was capturing them all.<br /><br />Written by David Bowie's biographer, Kevin Cann, </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions</span><span> features anecdotes and stories from those attending the shoots—including Tony Defries (Bowie's manager at the time of Ziggy Stardust); Celia Philo (designer) & Philip Castle (airbrush artist) from the famous </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Aladdin Sane</span><span> shoot; Francis Newman (Duffy's studio manager); May Routh (costume designer) from </span><span style="font-style:italic;">The Man Who Fell to Earth;</span><span> Geoff MacCormack (musician and Bowie's childhood friend); Derek Boshier (art director of </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Lodger</span><span>); Natasha Kornilof costume designer for </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Scary Monsters;</span><span> Edward Bell (artist); Steve Strange (musician) and Duffy's son, Chris, who also worked on the </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Scary Monsters</span><span> session. Included are many unseen images and behind the scenes photographs.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style:italic;">"It wasn't until we saw the contact sheets the next day I remember thinking, God this is spectacular. You just knew you had cracked it, boy, did you know it."</span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Celia Philo</span><span><br /></span></span>