Anyone who is interested in David Bowie and/or music photography and may be in London UK June 15th to August 13th is invited to visit this show ("David Bowie: Pin-Up"):
http://www.redferns.com/other/gallery_redcom/gallery_2/gallery_text/bowie_cover_page.htm
"Legendary" is not an adjective I would necessarily apply to myself, but who am I to argue? ;)

Now on line at:
http://gallery.redferns.com/gallery_2/gallery_text/image_display_pages/exhibition_files_only/ex_RED008_David_BOWIE.htm

Great pic, David. I'm a bit of a David Bowie fan and would like to see these.
(Hey, you're legendary now ;) )

Very nice David. How time flies. Still doing this type of work?

Bill

Anyone who is interested in David Bowie and/or music photography and may be in London UK June 15th to August 13th is invited to visit this show ("David Bowie: Pin-Up"):
http://www.redferns.com/other/gallery_redcom/gallery_2/gallery_text/bowie_cover_page.htm
"Legendary" is not an adjective I would necessarily apply to myself, but who am I to argue? ;)

If the cap fits David, wear it!!

Great photography. Good luck with the show.

Thanks for the interest - strange how a thread can come back to life! To avoid disappointing anyone, let's just make it clear that the gallery show was LAST YEAR!
However, all the images from the show are still on line (and for sale - us old hippies need the money!).

In answer to Bill: I never really was a music industry photographer, I did the pix of Bowie because I knew him reasonably well through Beckenham Arts Lab (this was the period in his career when he'd had one success with "Space Oddity" but it was going to be a couple more years before he'd hit the big time as Ziggy Stardust). At this time (end of the 1960s), it seemed to be very difficult to get money out of the music press and record companies as a photographer. If you didn't have a trust fund, forging a career involved living on fresh air for a year or two, which I found rather difficult. Also, the playing volumes of rock groups went up quite a lot at the end of the 60s, I found this unpleasant, particularly squeezed against a speaker stack as one often is when photographing live gigs. The quintessential music photographer is probably someone like Mick Rock, who (triple bypass notwithstanding) seems to thrive on the lifestyle - I didn't! One of the nice things about going to the private view last year was that I met up with Ray Stevenson, another photographer whom I hadn't seen since the Beckenham days. Ray was much more serious about being a music photographer than me and really got around photographing everyone - he still makes a living from selling these pix today.

Regards,

David

A year late, but... GREAT images!!!

David, as a serious Bowie admirer from those days until now I am both impressed and envious. Time to start saving my pennies for one of these prints. I'm sure I've seen the one from the Beckenham free concert in an unauthorised Bowie biography.

David, as a serious Bowie admirer from those days until now I am both impressed and envious. Time to start saving my pennies for one of these prints. I'm sure I've seen the one from the Beckenham free concert in an unauthorised Bowie biography.
The pix have been used in several biographies, starting with "Alias David Bowie" by Peter and Leni Gillman (this appeared in 1985 and was the first money I got paid for these pictures since taking them in 1969!!!!!!!). The pix are currently lodged with Retna Pictures (repro rights) and still sell a couple of times a year. If you are interested in a print, my exclusive agreement with Redfern's (to make print sales only through them during and for a period after the exhibition) has expired, meaning that gallery sale rights revert to me and creating the possiblity for APUG print prices slightly less than £400 a pop!

Best regards,

David

Thanks for the interest - strange how a thread can come back to life! To avoid disappointing anyone, let's just make it clear that the gallery show was LAST YEAR!

How did that happen - was it my fault? :confused: :confused:
Wasn't it in 'new posts' - I certainly didn't go searching in the archives :confused: I have to say I didn't notice the date. Sorry about that.
(p.s. reading my comment about the legendary bit I hope it didn't sound sarcastic, it absolutely wasn't meant to be but reading it again could be taken way - difficulties of the written word - especially a bit ambiguous if it was taken to be some time after the event. I meant absolutely as another poster said - if the cap fits wear it! )

How did that happen - was it my fault? :confused: :confused:
Wasn't it in 'new posts' - I certainly didn't go searching in the archives :confused: I have to say I didn't notice the date. Sorry about that.
(p.s. reading my comment about the legendary bit I hope it didn't sound sarcastic, it absolutely wasn't meant to be but reading it again could be taken way - difficulties of the written word - especially a bit ambiguous if it was taken to be some time after the event. I meant absolutely as another poster said - if the cap fits wear it! )
No problem - I was as amused as anyone else to be described like this!

Best regards,

David