David Bowie The Archer by John Rowlands
David Bowie The Archer by John Rowlands
This iconic image of David Bowie as The Thin White Duke was taken by renowned Rock photographer, John Rowlands, on February 26th, 1976, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada. Having seen the previous evening’s show on the 1976 Station To Station tour, Rowlands was primed to capture the image of Bowie as The Archer while the singer was preparing to fire his imaginary bow and arrow. The pose was used as a signal for Bowie's lighting engineer to kill the lights. The picture was taken moments before the lights were killed. Rowlands took the shot about 30 feet away from the stage and he credits his Hasselblad camera for producing an image that is striking in its sharp tonal range of whites, blacks and grays.
Now also available as a special edition produced for the 2023 David Bowie Fan Convention in NYC
The Archer by John Rowlands
Available in two sizes
13 x 18” - Edition 100 - introduced in June 2023 for the David Bowie Fan Convention
17 x 22” - Edition 250