Price range: £125.00 through £295.00
In the cult movie ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’, David Bowie played the part of an alien and was widely acclaimed for his acting role. The film was shot in 1975 and directed by Nick Roeg on location in New Mexico with an all-British crew. The Sunday Times commissioned Duffy to take behind-the-scenes photographs on the film set. Duffy had an established friendship with Bowie by this time, and they drove out to White Sands (where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated) to shoot these extraordinary photographs using only two rolls of film just as the sun was setting.
Duffy used a long exposure with a triple flash unit that he had modified. David stood very still during the exposure with the exception of moving his hands.
Our Standard Archival Quality Pigment Ink Prints come in two sizes: Standard and Gallery. All of our prints are ready to frame and supplied with a choice of black or white acid-free mount.
A Standard Landscape print has an image size of approximately 5″ x 7.5″ (12.7cm x 19.05cm) in a 12.4″ x 12.4″ (31.5cm x 31.5cm) mount. Our Standard size open-edition prints are the same size as a 12.4" vinyl album sleeve for convenient framing.
A Gallery Landscape print has an image size of approximately 8.25” x 12" (21 cm x 31 cm) in a 19.75 “ x 19.75" (50 cm x 50 cm) mount. Our Gallery size open edition prints drop straight into 50cm x 50cm frames, which are available from many retailers.
High-quality black frames for Gallery prints can be made in-house for mainland UK orders. Please contact us if you would like a framed print, and a quote will be provided.
A mount is a paper-based border between the frame and the image. It adds an extra decorative element and also prevents the print from touching the glass or perspex of the frame. We supply two sizes of mount, in either square or landscape/portrait aperture, in black or white.
As with all our prints, each open edition is handmade, printed, assembled and packed at the Duffy Archive. Each print is embossed with the Duffy Archive stamp, and the reverse of each mount has a sticker detailing a brief history of the session and ink stamped with a logo from Duffy's camera cases.
The fascinating story behind this timeless session is fully documented in the Duffy Bowie Five Sessions Book told by those who were there.
"He found himself in front of Duffy's lens for the first time, and although this session was not used (and no one is exactly sure why) this encounter was enough to place Duffy at the top of David's list when it came to collaborating on his next LP sleeve, six months later." - Kevin Cann
Limited and Signed editions are available, to discuss options please Contact Us.
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