Turn and Face the Strange
Some scenes from outside David Bowie’s apartment in New York where many gathered to pay tribute to the groundbreaking legend who inspired and motivated so many. Not to become rock stars but simply to be themselves and yesterday those were the words on the street where he lived.
Farewell Major Tom and thanks for the ride.
I love the way you can be in NYC for those of us who can’t be there, and share all these wonderful things in a way that makes us feel a part of them.
So lovely of you to say thank you EF. Times like this we are all of us together, wherever we are. I don’t know about you but my mother was still coping. the Beatles and what they did to turn the world upside down when David Bowie came along. That was the end!
Beautiful tribute post to a very creative artist Patti 😀 The previous comment says it all and you really do make us feel as though we were there.
He was so creative wasn’t he! Thanks Joe and hope to see you in the city soon!
A very sad day and a great loss to the creative world. Thanks for sharing these poignant shots, Patti.
My pleasure and thank you so much Jane!
Love what you’ve captured Patti! Still hard to believe he’s gone. His influence on the world is incredible!
Thank you so much Elina. He lived, and died, on his terms.
Wonderful shots as always – love that final one, Patti – the expressions say it all.
I felt really bad / sad for him, just making his way down the street and he comes across this crowd with this news . . . .
A great musician. My first concert experience was seeing David Bowie live. Richard Guest and I had a Bowie week going some years back: https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/?s=david+bowie
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It was a really sad monday. He was a true legend. Now we are living in a world without him and this is sad.
Tony Visconti, his friend and producer, wrote: “His death was no different from his life – a work of Art. He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift. I knew for a year this was the way it would be. I wasn’t, however, prepared for it. He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life.”
Thank you Patti, for sharing these pognant photos. End of March there will be a tribute concert for David Bowie at the Carnegie Hall.
Yes Stefan, such a strange sad Monday after a weekend when he was mentioned here and there through the press with the release of his new album. An admirable life making the most of every moment, right up to the end. Should be a great tribute at Carnegie Hall! Thank you Stefan for kind words and pingback. All best to you.
I’ve literally been singing his hits since kindergarten.
I always admired him because he was an artist’s artist. He pushed creative boundaries and caused people to think beyond the mundane, sometimes even by acknowledging the mundane as anything but mundane. He was artistically brilliant. That’s all that I know about him, and all that I need to know.
Thanks for this, Patti. Once again, your pictures capture a moment brilliantly. I wish I was there at the time, but not really, if you know what I mean.
Here in Londinium, there were street parties in Brixton celebrating the life of their very famous son. I hung around and caught some of it on my phone, but because I’ve already posted a tribute on my blog, putting out a second one would be overkill. It was a sad day hearing of the death of Bowie and there will be sad days ahead, but my goodness, what a legacy he left behind. I don’t know if you’ve seen his Lazarus video on YouTube yet, but if you get a chance, please do. I don’t know how ill he was when he made it, but he wrung every last drop out of the life he had left for a stunning performance. Truly, we’ll never see his like again.
Thanks Patti. Love being there with you!
Hi Jane and Patti Patti – these pics were extraordinary – you should get paid!!
I wanted to share with you both this pretty entertaining article about Bowie from one our humble tabloid papers: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/flashback-to-1989-david-bowie-and-me/news-story/75cb2b08daa4905a35b39f2ec82868fb?= Love to you both x Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:27:04 +0000 To: zita.fogarty@hotmail.com
What a great post Patti, can’t believe He’s gone, so soon , so young.
Last year was bad for deaths in the musician community… ending with the passing of Lemmy. One of my Flickr friends reckons there’s one hell of a jamming session going on up there at the moment! Now we lose Bowie and Rickman in a week 😦
It makes you think – Bowie and Lemmy were only 10 years older than me. Now I’m wondering about my retirement plans – go now or risk not having any retirement at all if I continue working – frightening isn’t it! I’d love to use your post to say a big thank you to all the entertainers who have passed on for all the joy they’ve given us.
Well documented tribute to him, he was a talented and inspiring musician!
l I’ve them all…good feeling! ❤️
thank you for sharing this thoughtful tribute.
Ah, Patti, thank you for taking us there. Your words are perfect … “simply to be themselves”
He will be missed!!
Thankfully, his music will live on.
Great shots, which really communicate the atmosphere. A beautiful tribute.
Patti, I hope you’re out there taking great photos in the storm today, but still keeping warm! 🙂
Thank you Lyn and yes, out in the blizzard!
Hadn’t seen that post. Very moving. Poignant.
How’s the week-end looking up?
(It’s bloody cold here in Mexico, for local standards, though you wouldn’t believe it)
🙂
Beautiful tribute Patti. Like I mentioned on Instagram, I love how you manage to capture mood.
nice tribute!