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Jan 8, 2026 9:37am PT
This David Bowie Photo Collection Features Never-Before-Seen Shots of the Pop Star’s Many Personas — From Major Tom to Ziggy Stardust
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Sonic Editions is turning its focus to one of pop culture’s most endlessly reinvented figures with a new photo collection celebrating David Bowie — or rather, the many selves he left behind. Spanning decades of transformation, the curated drop captures Bowie as Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack and the Thin White Duke.
Born David Jones, Bowie cycled through aliases long before superstardom stuck. After early, unsuccessful attempts at pop fame under variations of his real name, he released his self-titled debut album in 1967. It wasn’t until 1969’s “Space Oddity” — and his alias Major Tom — that Bowie truly broke through, setting the stage for a career defined by theatrical reinvention. That shape-shifting impulse reached its most flamboyant expression in 1972 with “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” crystallizing the androgynous, glam-rock persona that would come to define his mythos, even as he later pivoted toward austerity and experimentation during his Berlin years.
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Sonic Editions David Bowie Collection
Sonic Editions’ new Bowie collection draws from the archives of photographers who didn’t just document those eras, but helped construct how the world remembers them. Among them is Terry O’Neill, whose access to Bowie during the 1970s yielded some of the most iconic images of Ziggy-era bravado. O’Neill’s work, known for its intimacy and cinematic framing, captured Bowie both on stage and also during his more intimate moments.
Also featured is Brian Aris, a longtime documentarian of rock royalty whose portraits of Bowie lean more on the contemplative side and stripped back from the spectacle. Completing the trio is Gerald Fearnley, whose images capture Bowie with a looser, behind-the-scenes energy.
Check out the full Sonic Editions David Bowie collection here.
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