Steve Schapiro (1934–2022)

Like most photography books, this collection by Schapiro was a bit of a random conglomeration of images that he has taken of David Bowie over the years; some are absolutely fantastic, but some (especially in the longer series) are a bit of a miss. Having the longer series of shots included is useful though, since they often showed the progression of a photoshoot towards that perfect shot where many options have to be tried out before a final product is realized. In some cases I felt like Schapiro was aided by his subject matter - Bowie is an incredible looking human being who has unique features to work with, and his creativity in costume and set (because let’s be honest, most of these were not orchestrated by the photographer) is unparalleled - but that doesn’t really take away from the beautiful images that were created by this partnership.… (altro)