I was running at the Speed Of Life…
We’ve had a couple of bits on these pages regarding the forthcoming book of Sukita’s Bowie photographs, Speed Of Life, since March. (03.05.2011 NEWS: GENESIS PUBLICATIONS PRESENTS SUKITA’S BOWIE PHOTOGRAPHS & 06.08.2011 NEWS: SUKITA CHECKS SPEED OF LIFE PROOFS AT GENESIS)
Subscribers to the Genesis Publications newsletter service will have received this e-mail on September 27th inviting them to pre-order Speed Of Life from a hidden microsite.
That was followed on the 29th by this e-mail declaring that the Deluxe edition of Speed Of Life had been online for a mere 48 hours, yet more than half the 350 copies had already been sold.
This news obviously led to a bit of panic buying as the very next day, the chaps at Genesis e-mailed me to say that the Deluxe edition was now completely sold out!
News of the signed Collector Edition (1650 copies) will follow next month, along with information regarding a great little extra which we can’t tell you about just yet as details are yet to be finalised.
Speed Of Life will see the publication of over 350 images mutually selected by David Bowie and Masayoshi Sukita of which over 80% will be seen for the first time…many from sessions we didn’t even know had taken place.
Both authors have signed the edition and written captions for images that hold a particular significance to them.
The first Deluxe copies will ship worldwide in January 2012.
Check out the Speed Of Life microsite for more pictures and information.