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David Bowie

David Bowie understood that modern fame was built as much through images as through music.

This collection begins with Mick Rock's extraordinary photographs from the early 1970s, documenting the creation of Ziggy Stardust and one of the most influential visual identities in popular culture. More than a photographer, Rock became a creative collaborator, producing images that helped define an era.

As Bowie evolved beyond Ziggy, other photographers documented the successive reinventions that would make him one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Presented together, these photographs reveal not only the evolution of a musician, but the central role photography played in the creation of a cultural icon.

146 works
David Bowie and Dee Dee Ramone, the Mudd Club, New York City, 1978, photographed by Bobby Grossman.
David Bowie with Dee Dee Ramone, the Mudd Club, New York City, 1978TMPG·8422
Bobby Grossman From $1,500
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Jackie Curtis and David Bowie, the Mudd Club, New York City, 1979, photographed by Bobby Grossman.
Jackie Curtis with David Bowie, the Mudd Club, New York City, 1979TMPG·6438
Bobby Grossman From $1,500
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David Bowie, New York City, 1983. Photograph by Ebet Roberts.
David Bowie, New York City, 1983TMPG·5718
Ebet Roberts From $1,000
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David Bowie, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1983, photographed by Allan Tannenbaum.
David Bowie, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1983TMPG·9046
Allan Tannenbaum From $1,500
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David Bowie with guitar, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1983, photographed by Allan Tannenbaum.
David Bowie with guitar, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1983TMPG·0822
Allan Tannenbaum From $1,500
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David Bowie, Giants Stadium, New Jersey, 1990, photographed by Allan Tannenbaum.
David Bowie, Giants Stadium, New Jersey, 1990TMPG·0566
Allan Tannenbaum From $1,500
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David Bowie posed indoors in a long coat and hat in 1972. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie in a Long Coat, 1972TMPG·3126
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie performing in saturated yellow and red stage light in 1973. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie in Colored Stage Light, 1973TMPG·1494
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie performing with one arm raised against stage lights in 1976. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie With Arm Raised, 1976TMPG·2838
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie standing beneath a grid of stage lights in 1976. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie Under Stage Lights, 1976TMPG·5574
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie singing in profile at a handheld microphone in 1976. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie Singing in Profile, 1976TMPG·3222
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie paused beside a microphone with his hands together in 1976. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie Between Songs, 1976TMPG·3398
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie singing into a handheld microphone during a performance in 1976. Photograph by Gijsbert Hanekroot.
David Bowie at the Microphone, 1976TMPG·8646
Gijsbert Hanekroot From $1,000
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David Bowie Performing Live, Canada, 1978, photographed by Patrick Harbron.
David Bowie Performing Live, Canada, 1978TMPG·0870
Patrick Harbron From $750
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David Bowie Portrait, Canada, 1978, photographed by Patrick Harbron.
David Bowie Portrait, Canada, 1978TMPG·1494
Patrick Harbron From $750
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David Bowie on the Serious Moonlight Tour, 1983, photographed by Richard Aaron.
David Bowie, Serious Moonlight Tour, 1983TMPG·5078
Richard Aaron From $850
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David Bowie performing, Foxborough, Massachusetts, 1983, photographed by Michael Grecco.
David Bowie, Foxborough, Massachusetts, 1983, PerformingTMPG·3958
Michael Grecco From $1,500
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Keith Richards, Tina Turner and David Bowie. Ritz, NYC. January, 1983, photographed by Bob Gruen.
Keith Richards, Tina Turner and David Bowie, Ritz, New York City, 1983TMPG·2662
Bob Gruen From $1,200
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