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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.