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Steve Pafford for his many vital contributions. He edits Crankin Out, the irregular but excellent international David Bowie fan club magazine, personally endorsed by David in 1994.
Gavin Evans/Retna: Front & back
cover, 89; Mark Allan:122t; Joel
Axelrad/Retna:79b; Brian Aris:
147tr; Clive Arrowsmith/Camera
Press:120; Glenn A. Baker/
Redferns: 79r; BBC: 64br, 147b;
Brendan Beirne/Rex: 6; Edward
Bell: 128; Paul Bergen/Redferns:
153tl; Peter Brooker/Rex:136t;
Larry Busaca/Retna:153c; James
Cameron/Redferns:101tc; George
Chin/Redferns:152; Corbis: 54b;
Fin Costello/Redferns: 106b;
Courtesy of Crankin Out Collection:
11, 13b, 18cl&b, 27bl, 31c, 33, 49, 5
5tr&br, 59r, 64cl, 65, 66, 67, 83tl, 94
br, 95bl, 112t, 118b, 142tl,
148lt&b, 149, 154tl&r; Bill Davila
/Retna: 136l; Debi Doss/Redferns:
16br; EMI:36t, 37, 139t; Mary
Evans Picture Library: 51t&b, 100c,
147tc&bl; Chris Floyd/Camera
Press:158; Chris Foster/Rex: 43l,
69t; Ron Galella: 55bl; Guglielmo
Galvin:29; Harry Goodwin:34r, 35tr,
c&bl, 73r, 107cl, 118l; Alison Hale/
Crankin Out: 112b; Dezo Hoffman/
Rex: 4, 6, 15, 19, 97t; Dave Hogan/
Rex: 150; Hulton Getty:32t, 55tl,
92, 108b, 114tl, 125br, 127, 133c,
141ct; Mick Hutson/Redferns:21br;
Nils Jorgensen/Rex: 34tc, 135;
AndyKent/Retna:9, 111, 114c, 125c;
Jak Kilby/Retna:10, 44t; King
Collection/Retna:1; John Kirk/
Redferns: 70b; Christian Koller/
CrankinOut:154c; Jean Pierre Leloir
/Redferns: 34b; London Features
International:1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 1
4t, 16tr, 20, 21tl, c&cr, 22t, 34tl&c, 5
3tl&br, 54l&br, 64b, 69b, 73t, 74, 75
br, 81, 82bl, 84, 85t&bl, c&t&br, 91br,
103, 106l, 107tl&r&cr, 108tl, 109,
110, 111c&b, 119, 125tr&bl, 129,
131b, 132b, 134, 137, 139b, 140cr,
141bc, 142bl&r, 143, 144, 145,
146b, 151, 154b, 159bl; Doug
McKenzie: 26, 27br, 36tl; MEN
Syndication; 21tr; Pearce
Marchbank:100/101b; Robert
Matheu/Retna: 148t; Jeffrey Mayer:
153tr; Catherine McGann, 155;
Mirror Syndication Int: 57,
108cl; Keith Morris/Redferns:79t;
MTV Europe: 140bl; G. Neri/
Sygma:126tl; Michael Ochs
Archive/Redferns: 80t, 106cl, 156;
Frank W. Ockenfels III: 54c; Alex
Oliveira/Rex: 51c; Terry ONeill:
98t&bl, 102, 146t; Denis ORegan/
Idols: 55t; Scarlet Page/Retna:
48b, 130; PA News:159tr; Courtesy
of Penguin Books: 146r; Kenneth
Pitt: 5, 44br, 45, 48l, 52; Pictorial
Press:1, 3, 9, 14b, 36cr&b, 40, 42b,
43r, 46tc&r, 47, 48tr, 53cr, 54t, 56t,
60, 61t, 80r, 82tc, 83bc&r, 87tl,
88tr, 99, 104tr, 114tr, 115, 133r, 14
0bc, 141br; Photofest/Retna: 6,
114bl; Barry Plummer: 46br, 87b,
117b; Pat Pope/Rex:155; Neal
Preston/Retna:139c, 140c, 148r;
Michael Putland/Retna:6, 73l; RCA:
118r, 121l, 126b; David Redfern:
23; Redferns: 35tl, 105; Lorne
Resnick/Retna: 9; Retna:108tr,
141r; Rex Features: 9, 10, 22b, 27t,
28bl, 42l, 50rt&b, 55b, 76, 82tl, 83t
r, 83bl, 85t&bc, 86, 88br, 96, 97bl,
100tr, 104b&l, 107bl, 116, 117t,
121cr, 131t, 136bl, 138, 141c, 146cl,
160; Ebet Roberts/Redferns:78b;
Copyright Mick Rock; 1, 16tl&c,
38, 39, 42t&r, 68, 71, 72, 73b, 75l,
77, 78tl, 87tr, 90, 93, 94t, 95t, 113,
132t, 133tl&b, 140cl, 141t;
Photograph by Ethan A. Russell
copyright 1972-2000: 106tr;
Nina Schultz: 122b; Wendy
Smedley/Crankin Out: 112c; Steve
Smith/Crankin Out:153br;
Snowdon/Camera Press: 123, 124;
Bob Solly Collection: 32b; Ray
Stevenson/Retna:10, 4144bl,
46bl&c, 53cl, tc, tr&bl, 59b, 61b,
82bl; Masayoshi Sukita: 17, 91b,
112bl, 148c; Charles Sykes/Rex: 8;
Artur Vogdt: 101c; Wall/MPA/Retna:
157; Chris Walter: 91t; Brian Ward:
2, 63, 70t, 75t; Barry Wentzel: 140br;
Kevin Wisniewski/Rex:159c;
Richard Young/Rex: 31cb, 94bl, 31cb, 94bl,
95br, 139br, 142tr, 159br.
At manager Ken Pitts flat, London. 1967. Bowie renn embers: At th is time I was wondering whether I WAnted to be a serious, mime or whether I should carry on with music. Thats an incredible top. Pitt: It was an Arabic bolero from Palestine, and belonged to my mother.
Amsterdam, 1977. I think I have a certain vocabulary that, however much I change stylistically, there is a real core of imagery. I dont see any abrupt changes in what Ive done.
Only One Paper Left. New York, 1997, wearing Paul Smith: I like to dress well, but its not something on which I felt my reputation should be built, says Bowie.