In the corner of the morning in the past…
The rare photographs of David Bowie above will be part of an exhibition,
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Beatles to Bowie explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create ?Swinging London’ in the 1960s. Bringing together 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, the exhibition evocatively illustrates how image, music, fashion and performance combined to make these musicians the leading icons of their time and London the world’s most important cultural capital.
Highlighting key pop cultural figures from each year of this remarkable decade, the exhibition includes classic images of groups such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who as well as early portraits of singers such as Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Marianne Faithful, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie and 150 other items including record sleeves, illustrated sheet music and magazines and will feature more than 100 previously unseen images.
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The shot above left was donated to the NPG by photographer David Wedgbury, who I believe to be the uncredited Decca staff photographer responsible for the mono photo on the reverse of David’s 1967 album for Deram. I have a feeling the above shots are from the same session even though the front colour shot is obviously credited to Gerald Fearnley.
Apparently the picture above left, taken by Fiona Adams on Kingly Street off Carnaby Street in the summer of 1965, is also one of the portraits on display. The pictures were just two of several taken for a Carnaby Street fashion spread special for Fabulous magazine.
You may remember that the shot became available to buy at the Redferns Pin-Ups exhibition back in 2005. (06.21.05 NEWS: DAVID BOWIE: PIN UP VIEW AND BUY ONLINE NOW)
Finally, the wonderful David Bebbington shot above is also one of the portraits on display.It seems that David Bowie is pretty well represented at this show.
Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed
15 October 2009 – 24 January 2010
Wolfson and Ground Floor Lerner Galleries
Tickets
Full price £11
Concessions £10 and £9
Free admission for Members and Gallery supporters
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