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Photo shoot: David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O’Neill

Joe — Sat, 28 Sep 1974 15:00:36 +0000

David Bowie and actor Elizabeth Taylor were photographed by Terry O’Neill on 28 September 1974. The shoot, for People magazine, took place at film director George Cukor’s Bel Air home, at 9166 Cordell Drive just above the Sunset Strip. David was two and a half hours late for his first meeting with Liz. He arrived dishevelled and out of it. Liz was pretty annoyed and on the verge of leaving, but we managed to persuade her to stay. She was thinking of asking him to appear in The Blue Bird, but she went off the idea after that. Terry O’Neill,

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Photo shoot: Young Americans

Joe — Fri, 30 Aug 1974 11:00:02 +0000

The photo shoot for David Bowie’s ninth studio album, Young Americans, took place on 30 August 1974. Bowie began working up ideas for the Young Americans album cover shortly after the first recording sessions at Sigma Sound Studios concluded on 22 August. He had originally requested a painting from the American artist and writer Norman Rockwell, but Rockwell’s work pace and Bowie’s restlessness proved incompatible. I really wanted Norman Rockwell to do an album cover for me. Still do. I originally wanted him for the cover of Young Americans. I got his phone number and called him up. Very quaint.

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Photo session: Diamond Dogs

Joe — Wed, 30 Jan 1974 12:00:09 +0000

David Bowie was photographed by Terry O’Neill for the forthcoming Diamond Dogs album on 30 January 1974. Although not ultimately used on the album, O’Neill’s shots were used as promotional material around the release. They featured Bowie, wearing a Spanish Cordoba hat and high-heeled boots, accompanied by a large and imposing Great Dane dog. Bowie walked into the studio with this giant, beautiful dog. He sat in a chair, all stretched out, with the dog standing next to him. But every time we took a photo, the dog would bark at the strobe light. The dog got so excited by

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Photo shoot: Pin Ups

Joe — Wed, 18 Jul 1973 11:00:12 +0000

The photo shoot for the cover of David Bowie’s Pin Ups took place in Paris on 18 July 1973. It featured David Bowie and the English model Twiggy. The shoot was not originally intended for the album, but was for fashion magazine Vogue. Born Lesley Hornby in September 1949, Twiggy was a leading model during the Swinging Sixties. Bowie had namechecked her in the chorus of Aladdin Sane’s ‘Drive-In Saturday’. He’d done a song called ‘Drive-In Saturday’, and there was a line where he said, ‘She sighed like Twig the Wonder Kid.’ I heard it on the radio and went,

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Photo shoot: Aladdin Sane

Joe — Sun, 21 Jan 1973 12:00:57 +0000

The photo shoot for the cover of David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane is likely to have taken place on Sunday 21 January 1973. The photographer was Brian Duffy, who also took the cover shots for Bowie’s later albums Lodger and Scary Monsters… And Super Creeps. The Aladdin Sane shoot was at Duffy’s studio at 151a King Henry’s Road in Swiss Cottage, north London. I was fortunate to work for Duffy from 71-74, first as assistant then as studio manager. I was there that Sunday when the Aladdin Sane pic was taken and well remember Duffy drawing the outline of the flash

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Photo shoot: Haddon Hall, Beckenham

Joe — Fri, 09 Jan 1970 11:00:45 +0000

David Bowie was photographed at his home, Haddon Hall in Beckenham, on 9 January 1970. The photographer was Johnnie Clamp, for gay magazine Jeremy. A reporter from the publication had watched Bowie’s performance at London’s Speakeasy the night before. The car breaks down. It’s raining and we arrive late to take the photos. The house is a stunning and monstrous folly of a place in deepest Beckenham. Light on. Door open. No sign of David. He’s just popped down to the shops for paraffin and meat for the night’s stew. David takes us on a conducted tour of his mansion

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Interview, photo shoot: Mirabelle

Joe — Mon, 24 Nov 1969 11:00:46 +0000

David Bowie gave an interview to Mirabelle and took part in a photoshoot on 24 November 1969. Both took place at the magazine’s offices at 22 Long Acre in central London.

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Photo shoot: Rules Restaurant, London

Joe — Mon, 17 Nov 1969 11:00:31 +0000

David Bowie and his girlfriend Angela Barnett took part in a photo shoot together on 17 November 1969, for the magazine Fabulous 208. The shoot took place at Rules Restaurant, at 34-35 Maiden Lane in London’s Covent Garden. The photographer was Roger Brown. Rules was established by Thomas Rule in 1798, making it the capital’s oldest restaurant. On 31 December 1973 RCA held a press lunch there in Bowie’s honour.

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Photo shoot: Manchester Street, London

Joe — Thu, 16 Oct 1969 11:00:40 +0000

David Bowie was photographed for the New Musical Express on 16 October 1969. The NME photographer was Stuart Richman. The shoot took place in and around 39 Manchester Street, London, the home of Bowie’s manager Kenneth Pitt. Other images of Bowie were taken outside the nearby Lincoln Inn, Varners cafe, and on the steps of St James’s Church, Spanish Place.

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Photo shoot: Manchester Street, London

Joe — Wed, 24 Sep 1969 13:00:35 +0000

Due to the chart success of ‘Space Oddity’, David Bowie was attracting increased media interest in September 1969. On the afternoon of the 24th he undertook at photoshoot at 39 Manchester Street, London, the home of his manager Kenneth Pitt. On this day he also gave an interview to Record Mirror, and in the evening attended a meeting to discuss the direction of Growth – the Beckenham Arts Lab.

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