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David Bowie: Mixing Memory and Desire
David Bowie: Mixing Memory and Desire | Kevin Cummins
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From the legendary Bowie gigs in the early 1970s, through to a poignant image taken outside his apartment in New York in 2016, Kevin Cummins has captured the many faces of Bowie, including previously unpublished material, and created a book that is essential for Bowie fans everywhere. The career of celebrated pop photographer Kevin Cummins began on 29th June 1973 when as a 19-year-old photography student he photographed David Bowie. That image is now in the renowned photography collection of the V&A Museum and marked the beginning Kevin Cummins' four-decade-long visual chronicle of David Bowie's remarkable career. David Bowie Mixing Memory & Desire includes some of the best portraits of Bowie ever taken and contains extensive never-before-published imagery of David Bowie from Kevin Cummins' archive, making this a must-have visual treat for Bowie fans everywhere.
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So many excellent photos in this book, and while I recognise a few key images, they're mostly new to me. Hard to choose, but this is probably my favourite - definitely top three, anyway.
Well, my 5 ⭐ rating is subjectively sound, and I think any Bowie fan would love this, however if you're not specifically a Bowie fan but you're into photography, popular culture and/or rock music, you'll probably still enjoy this.

Bookwomble [Also, if you're not specifically a Bowie fan, you may need to have a sit down with yourself and examine your life choices!] 3mo
SamAnne @bookwomble 😂😂😂. Indeed. (edited) 3mo
vivastory 😂 😂 😂 3mo
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CoffeeNBooks @Bookwomble Agreed! 😁 3mo
BkClubCare @Bookwomble 🤣 Okay then! I can say that I have attended a Bowie concert. Sadly, I don‘t remember much other than I was having an allergy reaction which ruined the whole experience. 😢🐈😿 3mo
Bookwomble @BkClubCare Sadly, I never got to see David live. I'm sorry to hear you were ill when you went to see him, but still, you have been in the presence! ⚡🙇🏼‍♂️⚡ 3mo
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Aaah 😌 An early birthday present👨🏼‍🎤😊
I have Mick Rock's Bowie photo album, & though Cummins' book doesn't have David's notes like Rock's has, this is still a fantastic chronicle of Bowie from his Ziggy days, when teenage Cummins was in the audience with an illicit camera, through to 1997, when Cummins had achieved international fame as a photographer, to the final photos of the fan shrines which sprang up after David's ascension. Wonderful!

The_Book_Ninja You just love this guy😂👨🏻‍🎤 3mo
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Guilty as charged! 😊 3mo
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