John Oram's photos with the keyword: David Bowie

Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me Bowie/MacCormack 1973-76 Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. TZ70_2_P1000986E

Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me Bowie/MacCormack 1973-76 Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. TZ70_2_P1000987CE

This reproduction Rolling Stone cover is on display at Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon. TZ70_2_P1000612CE

A poignant memory. Retrorama at Tarmount, Shoreham-by -Sea. TZ70_P1020696EMF

A poignant memory. Retrorama at Tarmount, Shoreham-by -Sea. TZ70_P1020696E

It is nearly four years since the untimely death of David Bowie and one still comes across poignant reminders of the greatness of someone I shall never forget. This structure is on New Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road station and below Centre Point. The lyric is from 'The London Boys', first released in 1966. TZ70_P1010523M

It is nearly four years since the untimely death of David Bowie and one still comes across poignant reminders of the greatness of someone I shall never forget. This structure is on New Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road station and below Centre Point. The lyric is from 'The London Boys', first released in 1966. TZ70_P1010523

Nearing the end of a long day out in London, the message on this electronic billboard at Waterloo was quite poignant. There was a time when Life On Mars was the soundtrack to my life. It was, at the time, linked to a very special person. I still miss David. TZ70_P1010125E

This plaque at 23 Heddon Street, London, W1 was unveiled in 2012, forty years after the release of 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spider from Mars' and four years before the untimely death of David Bowie. Plaques commemorating fictional characters are rare. Sherlock Holmes is commemorated in Baker Street and Lara Croft in Derby. 200_3_P1050330CE

23 Heddon Street, London, W1 is noted as the location of the cover photograph for David Bowie's 1972 album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'. A plaque was erected there in 2012, forty years after the release of the album and four years before Bowie's untimely death. A lot happens in more than forty years and my subdued pilgrimage today brought me to a spot all but unrecognisable from its 1970s appearance but well documented on the internet. 200_3_P1050332R

David Bowie will live forever in the memories of his greatest fans but one of the sites associated with his greatest early success has changed in only 46 years. It was in 1972 that 23 Heddon Street, W1 was used for the cover photograph of Bowie's album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'. I visited it today as documented in the preceding pictures. As I played with successive edits of the original photograph, I noticed that with increases in contrast the wall became brighter. Perhaps when we fade, as we all shall, we shall also shine more brightly. 23_FTSMB

"....put on your red shoes and dance the blues" [David Bowie] Remembering David at Lafayette Street, New York. 200_2_P1140117M_F

It is nine months since the premature death of David Bowie and I was, at last, able to make my latest visit to New York. In SoHo's Lafayette Street, a now fading memorial is outside number 281. David lived at 285. Some 2016 art by Bridget Griggs is also a tribute and replaced an earlier piece on the wall of 281. 200_2_P1140118

It is nine months since the premature death of David Bowie and I was, at last, able to make my latest visit to New York. In SoHo's Lafayette Street, the now fading memorial is outside number 281. David lived at 285. This is the simplest memory. 200_2_P1140119E

It is nine months since the premature death of David Bowie and I was, at last, able to make my latest visit to New York. In SoHo's Lafayette Street, the now fading memorial is outside number 281. David lived at 285. The 2016 art by Bridget Griggs is also a tribute and replaced an earlier piece on the wall. 200_2_P1140117

It is five months since David Bowie died and I have finally got some of the photographs I wanted. The David Bowie Mural was painted by James Cochran (Jimmy C) in 2013 and is on the side of Morleys store in Tunstall Road, Brixton. 200_2_P1110087

It is five months since David Bowie died and I have finally got some of the photographs I wanted. The David Bowie Mural was painted by James Cochran (Jimmy C) in 2013 and is on the side of Morleys store in Tunstall Road, Brixton. 200_2_P1110084

It is five months since David Bowie died and I have finally got some of the photographs I wanted. The David Bowie Mural was painted by James Cochran (Jimmy C) in 2013 and is on the side of Morleys store in Tunstall Road, Brixton. 200_2_P1110083