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For this shoot, Sukita rented the studio from a Japanese photographer called Hiroshi Yoda and they did the session a week before David's show at The Rainbow Theatre. Immediately beforehand, Bowie had been at a shoot with David Bailey. The whole session lasted just two hours. Some photographs from the shoot were featured in a popular Japanese fashion magazine, an-an, receiving a great deal of response from the readers.
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"David-san came to Japan with Iggy Pop to promote the latter's album The Idiot - that Bowie-san had produced. The photos were meant to have a punk feel. David-san had asked Yacco to get as many leather jackets as possible. The whole session was over an hour." After this photo session, Sukita selected about 20 photos to give to David, including the Heroes LP sleeve. When David contacted Sukita to say he wanted to use it, Sukita was delighted. Heroes went on to be voted Melody Maker magazines best cover image of the year. "I was very proud. I am still very fond of this photo." Masayoshi Sukita.
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"Bowie had come to Japan to film a commercial for a drink called Crystal Jun Rock Sunita received a call from Kyoto, where Bowie was staying for 10 days, and off he went with Yacco to make a one-day documentary of Bowie. Bowie had already made himself a local and drove them everywhere himself. We went to a local shopping area, rode the local trains and went out to a disco night. Most of the people around him were unaware of who he was, which perhaps gave him more freedom than usual." Masayoshi Sukita
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"We didn't get a lot of chances to shoot him, because of the lack of time and the problem of distance. Then we came up with an idea to create a mannequin so that we could shoot his portraits anytime we wanted. He was so co-operative in its production. The idea of the doll is that the old skin is flaking off and a new self is re-born. Each portrait I have made this way over 30 years is always a new and unique, timeless piece of work that I cherish." Masayoshi Sukita
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Archivally processed Lambda photograph on 8 x 10 inch paper, a limited edition of 100, signed and numbered by Masayoshi Sukita. Unframed price excluding VAT.
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Archivally processed Lambda photograph on 8 x 10 inch paper, a limited edition of 100, signed and numbered by Masayoshi Sukita. Unframed price excluding VAT.
