Following the heartbreaking news that visionary genius David Bowie has died at the age of 69, just days after the release of his brilliant, forward-thinking 25th album ‘Blackstar’, here’s a compilation of our favourite Bowie photos. Rest in peace, Starman.
- Family-Man Bowie
- Bouffant Bowie
- Boozy Bowie
- Folky Bowie
- Cross-Legged Bowie
- Kung-Fu Bowie
- Rock Royalty Bowie
- Public Transport Bowie
- Hippy Bowie
- Sharp-Suited Bowie
- High-Rolling Bowie
- Art-Pop Bowie
- Coked-Up Bowie
- Nice Guy Bowie
- Sax-Playing Bowie
- 90s Bowie
- Off-The-Rails Bowie
- Fresh-Faced Bowie
- Alt-Rock Bowie
- Naughty Bowie
With son Duncan Jones, who grew up to be the acclaimed director of movies Moon and Source Code. Photo: Redferns
Posing with the model Twiggy for the cover of the ‘Pin Ups’ album, 1973. Photo: Hulton Archive
Pouring a drink in London, 1966. Photo: Getty
Posing with an unnamed model for Boyfriend magazine, Kingly Street, London, 1963. Photo: Redferns
At home in Beckenham, April 1972. Photo: Getty
Onstage at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, 1977. Photo: Getty
Watching Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, July 13, 1985. Also in shot: Princess Diana, Prince Charles and Bob Geldof. Photo: Getty
Seen off at the station by wife Angie, July 9, 1973. Photo: Getty
At a party thrown by publicist Rodney Bingenheimer at lawyer Paul Figen’s house, Los Angeles, 1971. Photo: Getty
With Paul McCartney, backstage at Live Aid, 1985. Photo: Getty
Posing beside his Rolls-Royce, London, May 1973. Photo: PA
Onstage with Anne Lennox, April 1992
With wife Angie, arriving at London’s Cafe Royal for the ‘Ziggy Stardust’… end-of-tour party. Photo: PA
With Debbie Harry of Blondie, November 1980. Bowie was starring in a theatrical production of The Elephant Man at the time.
Onstage with Tin Machine at London’s Brixton Academy, November 1991. Photo: PA
Onstage in January 1990. Photo: PA
The ‘Victoria Station’ incident. Bowie came under fire after appearing to give a Nazi salute upon returning home after the ‘Station To Station’ tour, 1976. Photo: PA
February 1970, a time of great excitement – he’d recently had his first hit, with ‘Space Oddity’, and was about to get married. Photo: PA
At the Brit Awards, February 1999. He released his twenty-first studio album ‘Hours…’ a few months later. Photo: PA
With Angie in London, 1974. Photo: PA