'Travels with Bowie' - A Photographic Exhibition by Geoff MacCormack
Just suppose your brilliant pal said -
“Will you join my band [The Spiders from Mars] and come on a tour? And would you mind awfully if we travelled [first class] by sea to New York, and then sailed from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Canada, Hawaii and on to Japan? And then, from Japan to Siberia, through Russia [Trans-Siberian Express] to Moscow [for May Day Parade], Poland, East and West Germany, just in time for tea at the George V Hotel in Paris? Followed by a relaxing holiday in Rome, just to chill out?”
And then, just suppose, when you thought all the fun had finished, your Brilliant Pal said -
“Would you mind being a dog [Diamond], and coming back to New York on an even better ship, eating caviar every day and joining another band, then another band, helping out on a few albums [six], and generally hanging out and having the time of your life for a couple more years?
Supposing all that happened…Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have kept a photo or two?
Thank goodness, this is exactly what Geoff MacCormack did. This exhibition shares an incredibly intimate view of one of the most brilliant and inspiring creative minds of the last century - that brilliant pal - none other than David Bowie. Ground-breaking in everything he did, paving the way and inspiring generations of musicians and fashion devotees to come, Bowie was joined by life-long friend and photographer, Geoff MacCormack. These beautiful and revealing images show Bowie at his most relaxed and informal, totally at ease in front of Geoff’s camera lens.
The collection of works on display, which includes photographs signed by Bowie, were taken during those pivotal years on the road with the superstar.