The Church of Man-Love
Painterly lighting

Painterly lighting

Posted 1 year ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, Thin White Duke, 1976, Station to Station, isolar, cigarette, gitanes, fingerporn, rimlight, lighting, dramatic, painterly, shadows, stage lights, spotlight, favorite, fingers, hands, vest, waistcoat, .

This arresting performance of “Space Oddity” one of my favorites. The significantly degraded quality seems apt, as it should be: a distant signal distorted by it’s travel through space. A beautiful, obscure relic, it powerfully affects us but yet is forever a thing half-understood.

Posted 1 year ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, Space Oddity, 1979, tv show, tv studio, parachute pants, 12-string, 12-string guitar, singing, lighting, theatrical lighting, gaze, eyes, playing guitar, crossed arms, profile, .
All the colors of caramel

All the colors of caramel

Reblogged 1 year ago from raredeadly
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, Thin White Duke, 1976, orgasmic, Closed Eyes, close-up, teeth, makeup, eyeshadow, eyes closed, freckles, dyed hair, slicked back hair, orange hair, open mouth, fingers, singing, microphone, lighting, golden, low angle, isolar, Station To Station Tour, White Light Tour, color, buttonhole, UNF, cheekbones, .
How does he look so good in that lighting?

How does he look so good in that lighting?

Posted 1 year ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth, on set, 1975, Steve Schapiro, lighting, light and dark, shadows, low angle light, glove, gloves, thomas jerome newton, dyed hair, orange hair, Favorite, new mexico, alien, .
Painterly lighting

Painterly lighting

Posted 1 year ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, Mick Rock, freckles, 1973, Ziggy, Ziggy Stardust, orange, dyed hair, red hair, Glam, haddon hall, glamrock, BIG PIC, lighting, lips, Rockstar, jawline, mullet, stripes, iconic, window, portrait, natural light, .
Spaceboy

Spaceboy

Posted 1 year ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, fuzzy bowie, 1969, curly hair, gaze, Black and White, space oddity, negative space, David Bebbington, knitwear, jumper, lighting, .
Behind the scenes of the Tom Kelley photoshoot—

Behind the scenes of the Tom Kelley photoshoot—

Posted 1 year ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, Tom Kelley, so thin, behind the scenes, photographer, photography, photoshoot, lights, Black and White, lighting, photo, musician, celeb, celebrity, celebs, existential angst, Thin White Duke, equipment, camera, sitting the wrong way, sitting, 1976, other people, Rockstar, music, singer, crossed legs, leaning, .
That’s the last of the Duke for now!

That’s the last of the Duke for now!

Posted 2 years ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, Thin White Duke, 1976, orgasmic, Closed Eyes, close-up, teeth, makeup, eyeshadow, eyes closed, freckles, dyed hair, slicked back hair, orange hair, open mouth, fingers, singing, microphone, lighting, golden, low angle, isolar, Station To Station Tour, White Light Tour, color, buttonhole, UNF, cheekbones, .
Lost in a cloud of his own smoke

Lost in a cloud of his own smoke

Posted 2 years ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, BIG PIC, 1976, Thin White Duke, atmospheric, smoke, smoking, lighting, spotlight, on stage, theatrical lighting, rear, ass, butt, hindquarters, shadows, isolar, Station To Station Tour, White Light Tour, on tour, onstage, negative space, color, photo, music, musician, singer, Rockstar, vest, .
Glowing profile

Glowing profile

Posted 2 years ago
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Tagged: David Bowie, Bowie, 1975, singing, Diamond Dogs tour, profile, glow, arm hair, hat, Closed Eyes, open collar, on tour, open mouth, neckporn, ontour, fingers, lighting, microphone, jawline, orange hair, dyed hair, young americans, .