David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire by Kevin Cummins

David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire by Kevin Cummins

As a student in 1973, renowned photographer Kevin Cummins photographed David Bowie, marking the beginning of a four-decade-long visual chronicle of the iconic musician's remarkable career.

Diving into Cummins' archives, David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire includes some of the best portraits of Bowie ever taken, many of which have never previously been published. 

Expanding on this stunning visual history, our Deluxe and Special Editions of David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire are essential collector's pieces for Bowie fans everywhere.

 

Deluxe Edition – SOLD OUT

Limited to just five completely unique copies, housed in presentation boxes lettered either ‘B’, ‘O’, ‘W’, ‘I’ or ‘E’, and including one of five silver gelatin prints.

The five 7x9" silver gelatin prints of David Bowie – each one hand-signed by Kevin Cummins – include on-stage shots from Leeds in 1973 and Newcastle in 1978, close-ups at a studio on Sly Street, East London, in 1995, and an NME-commissioned portrait taken in Dublin in 1991. 

  • One copy of an exclusive edition of David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire, with a foreword by Jeremy Deller, hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • A 7x9" colour print portrait of David Bowie hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • A numbered certificate of authenticity hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • Presented together in an elegant specially-printed Perspex slipcase, and house in unique lettered presentation boxes.
 

 

Special Edition

Limited to 150 copies, every Special Edition includes:

  • An exclusive 7x9" colour print portrait of David Bowie  photographed outside Tea & Sympathy in New York in January 1997, the day after playing Madison Square Garden. Hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • One copy of an exclusive edition of David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire, with a foreword by Jeremy Deller, hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • A numbered certificate of authenticity hand-signed by Kevin Cummins.
  • All presented together in an elegant specially-printed Perspex slipcase.

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