David Bowie Aladdin Sane

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David Bowie – Aladdin Sane Album Cover – London 1973

Taken by Duffy during the second of Five Sessions with David Bowie – Duffy’s most famous photograph dates from the 1970s and is the iconic and revolutionary cover of David Bowie’s album Aladdin Sane, a shot that became the defining look of Bowie’s long career, and has been referred to as the Mona Lisa of pop.

“Who could have imagined that the moment he clicked the shutter on the Hasselblad in early 1973 that one of those images would become known as a cultural icon?” – Chris Duffy. Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive & The David Bowie Archive^TM