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David Bowie Earls Court 1978
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David Bowie — Earls Court, London, 1978
David Robert Jones — or, as the rest of the world knew him, David Bowie.
Musician, singer, songwriter, actor, arranger, innovator, shape-shifter and, quite simply, one of the most extraordinary artists of his generation.
Bowie seemed to exist several steps ahead of everyone else. Just when you thought you had an idea of who he was, he reinvented himself and moved on. He constantly pushed boundaries in music, performance, fashion and visual identity, leaving an enormous influence on popular culture.
One Night at Earls Court — 1978
This photograph comes from one of David Bowie’s three nights at Earls Court in London in 1978.
I remember arriving at the stage door, collecting my pass and being escorted into the venue.
We were taken straight to the front of the stage, where all the other photographers were gathered along with security.
And then we waited. There was no support act.
The great thing about photographing Bowie that night was that the three-song rule hadn’t been implemented for his performance.
Thank fuck for that.
Bowie was completely magnetic. There was something about his stage presence that made it difficult to look anywhere else. You could concentrate on your camera, your focus, your exposure and everything else you were supposed to be thinking about, but part of you was still thinking:
I would have loved the opportunity to photograph him one-to-one, in a more controlled environment, and really spend some time creating something with him rather than photographing from the pit.
But you can’t win them all.
For me, Bowie belongs in that very small group of artists who genuinely changed the landscape around them.
He wasn’t simply a musician. He was an artist who continually reinvented what being a musician could be.
David Bowie.
A hero of mine, then.
A hero of mine, now.
And, like millions of others feel, very sadly missed.
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