David Bowie, London 1972, photographed by Barrie Wentzell
Barrie Wentzell

David Bowie, London, UK, 1972

David Bowie
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David Bowie photographed by Barrie Wentzell in London in 1972, at the office of his manager, Tony DeFries.

On an overcast day Wentzell and the Melody Maker writer Michael Watts arrived at DeFries' small and rather grubby office to find Bowie in a brilliantly coloured outfit, lazily smoking a cigarette and reading a book. “Hello, come in,” he said, smiling. Once the two had recovered from the shock of the new look, Watts conducted the interview in which Bowie told the paper he was gay, while Wentzell took photographs.

The picture ran on the front page of Melody Maker the following week, in the year Ziggy Stardust made Bowie a star.

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Produced from the original negative and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Signed by the photographer.

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Photographer
Barrie Wentzell
Title
David Bowie, London, UK, 1972
Subject
David Bowie
Authenticity
Certificate of Authenticity included
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Photographer
Barrie Wentzell
Photography
Barrie Wentzell

Chief photographer for Melody Maker from 1965 to 1975, Barrie Wentzell documented a transformative decade in music through unusually intimate access to the artists who defined it.

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