Exclusive: Published for the first time anywhere – photograph of David Bowie with Derek Boshier and his daughters
//David Bowie with Derek Boshier and his daughters Lily and Rosa, 1993. Courtesy Derek Boshier. No reproduction without permission//
To mark the publication of my piece about Derek Boshier’s creative collaborations with David Bowie in this month’s British GQ, here is a photograph taken when the rock star visited the artist and his family at his home outside London in the early 90s.
//Opening spread of my piece in this month’s GQ//
The image shows Bowie’s affection and regard for Boshier, who designed the sleeve to his 1979 album Lodger and worked with him on other projects, including the portrait David Bowie As The Elephant Man.
My GQ piece discusses the genesis and realisation of that work one hot day at Boshier’s apartment on The Bowery in New York, as well as a visit the artist made to Bowie’s stunning home in Berlin.
Other highlights of this month’s issue of GQ include Tony Parsons on the demise of the NME and Lou Stoppard on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn being “sexy as fuck”.
Buy GQ at all good stockists and from the magazine’s website.
The recently published monograph Derek Boshier: Rethink/Re-entry (which I edited) is available here.