I see my times and who I’ve been…
I’ve had a few e-mails asking about the origin of the Bowie illustration in our recent Sean Bean piece. (02.17.2009 NEWS: BEAN ADMITS TO DOING A ZIGGY…BUT STRICTLY NO LIPPY)
Well, it was by Yvonne Gilbert for the Sunday Telegraph magazine in the UK sometime in 1976.
In a four page feature entitled: HOW DO THEY SEE THEMSELVES? the magazine invited six celebrities to “take all of history and become any of its personalities – saints and sinners”.
As you might guess, David’s choices were a little unconventional to say the least, with not only characters from the past, but a few from the future too…including: space pioneer, Ed Avalon and Xeros, Emperor of Isolar.
You can see the complete illustration and read the full article