MICHEL HADDI - David Bowie, Los Angeles

MICHEL HADDI - David Bowie, Los AngelesTechnique: photography, silver print on metallic paper Dimension: 80 x 60 cm Edition: Limited to 15 Certificate: provided, signed and numbered Date: 1990 Information: French photographer known for focusing on fashion and portrait photography. He has also been an editor, illustrator, director and actor known for his contributions to Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair and Interview. He also shares photos on his Instagram for over 490,000 followers. Michel is an

Technique: photography,  silver print on metallic paper

Dimension: 80 x 60 cm

Edition: Limited to 15 

Certificate: provided, signed and numbered 

Date: 1990

Information: French photographer known for focusing on fashion and portrait photography. He has also been an editor, illustrator, director and actor known for his contributions to Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair and Interview. He also shares photos on his Instagram for over 490,000 followers.

Michel is an artist whose vision has shaped the aesthetics of fashion and contemporary culture. He has photographed the most iconic images of a career spanning more than four decades. From David Bowie to Debbie Harry, Djimon Hounsou to John Galliano, each portrait captured by Haddi reveals the soul of personalities who have marked the history of fashion and popular culture. 

About the Bowie Series: Los Angeles, 1990s, in my Venice Beach studio—I was preparing shoots for Vogue Hommes when I received a call from Ingrid Sischy in New York: she wanted me to photograph David Bowie for Interview magazine. I was thrilled—my first record had been Bowie’s Diamond Dogs, a gift from my stepfather.

At the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, I joined the production team, including Paul Starr (makeup) and Kim Bowen (styling). When Bowie arrived in a sharp suit, I told him he looked like a fashion icon straight out of a Luchino Visconti film. He smiled, revealing his love for Italian neorealist cinema.

What struck me most were his hypnotic, mismatched eyes—they seemed to look right through me. The session lasted an hour, and it was exhilarating. In these portraits, I aimed to capture Bowie as a character straight from Visconti’s Death in Venice.