David Bowie Instagram – BOWIE’S AMERICAN LIBRARIES READ CAMPAIGN AND THE IDIOT
“Calling Sister Midnight, Well, I’m an idiot for you…”
Back in 2013 we posted BOWIE’S TOP 100 BOOKS – THE COMPLETE LIST: https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2013/10/1/bowies-top-100-books-the-complete-list (Linktree in bio)
In 1986 photographer Chalkie Davies produced the portraits here of Bowie with Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot*, a book not on the list, but that’s no reason not to view these images again.
They were made for the American Library Association‘s READ campaign, and specifically for the 1987 David Bowie for America’s Libraries READ poster, and associated items such as bookmarks.
* David suggested the title for the Iggy Pop album of the same name. He also took the cover shot of Iggy based on Erich Heckel’s painting Roquairol. The photograph is often miscredited to Andrew Kent. Perhaps Iggy can remember the moment?
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