{"product_id":"portrait-1999-david-bowie-chris-floyd","title":"\"Portrait\", 1999 - David Bowie \u0026 Chris Floyd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotographer: Chris Floyd · 1999 · Chung King Studios, New York\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese pictures were taken on an afternoon in July 1999 for the Sunday Times Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter the appointment was cancelled twice, each time arriving at the studio door with several cases of equipment only to be turned away due to unexpected circumstances, I got to do this on the third try.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was told I’d have 5 minutes to do a sit down portrait with him in the lobby of the studio, the Chung King House \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Metal, aka the Abbey Road of hip hop, on Varick Street in New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowever, after the portrait, when I was packing up, his assistant Coco came back to the lobby and said, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘David says that if you’d like to go through into the studio you can spend a bit of time in there taking photographs while he works with the other musicians.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy five minutes ended up becoming about an hour and a half.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat can I say that hasn’t already been said?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was funny, he laughed a lot, he sounded like he was doing an impression of himself. You could hear Bromley, he smoked constantly, and he told really indiscreet tales about other famous people. Surgically sharp observations on the nature of fame and ego.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe noticed me humming his song ‘The Laughing Gnome’ ever so quietly to myself as I was photographing him and said,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I’ve got better ones than that y’know.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll prints are made to order and supplied carefully packaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and numbered by the photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted on Hahnemühle Photo Rag ® 340gsm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach image is printed with a white border accommodating signature and edition number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComes with a certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable editions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11\" × 14\" Limited Edition of 20, signed and numbered by the photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16\" × 20\" Limited Edition of 10, signed and numbered by the photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20\" × 24\" Limited Edition of 10, signed and numbered by the photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Behind The Gallery","offers":[{"title":"11 x 14","offer_id":56823617749158,"sku":null,"price":580.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 x 20","offer_id":56823617781926,"sku":null,"price":965.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 24","offer_id":56823617814694,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3421\/7126\/files\/David_Bowie_Portrait.jpg?v=1784346793","url":"https:\/\/www.behindthegallery.com.au\/products\/portrait-1999-david-bowie-chris-floyd","provider":"Behind The Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}