David Bowie is captured head-on during an intimate portrait session on November 8, 1995. The image highlights one of Bowie's defining features, his anisocoria, or different-sized pupils. This quirky characteristic was a result of a teenage fistfight that left the musician with his famous blue and black eyes. 

Singer David Bowie poses with a large barking dog for publicity shots for his 1974 album Diamond Dogs in London. Conceived during a period of uncertainty over where his career was headed, Diamond Dogs is the result of multiple projects Bowie envisioned at the time, which is reflected in the photoshoot's quirky fashion.

David Bowie is photographed contemplating a skull during his Serious Moonlight Tour at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland on July 29, 1983. The prop was part of Bowie's performance of a previously recorded track "Cracked Actor" and is a reference to the "Alas, poor Yorick" scene of Hamlet.

Singer David Bowie poses with a large barking dog for publicity shots for his 1974 album Diamond Dogs in London. Conceived during a period of uncertainty over where his career was headed, Diamond Dogs is the result of multiple projects Bowie envisioned at the time, which is reflected in the photoshoot's quirky fashion

David Bowie is photographed next to his long-term piano player Mike Garson during the recording of his album Young Americans at Sigma Sound Studios in August of 1974. This was Bowie's ninth studio album and a departure from the glam rock style to one that he self described as "plastic soul". 

David Bowie is photographed ahead of one of his final performances as Ziggy Stardust at the Marquee club in London on October 19, 1973. These final performances were captured via a three night filming session and would be promoted as The 1980 Floor Show, a rock musical spectacle for The Midnight Special TV Series.

David Bowie is photographed with a pool cue during a shoot in London for Town Country magazine in 1982. At the time, Bowie was in the process of recording his 15th studio Let's Dance.

David Bowie is photographed for the Diamond Dog album cover, circa 1974. Conceived during a period of uncertainty over where his career was headed, Diamond Dogs is the result of multiple projects Bowie envisioned at the time, which is reflected in the photoshoot's quirky fashion.

David Bowie is captured by Terry O'Neill wearing a cross and a silk shirt during a photoshoot in London in 1992. When recalling his work with the legendary musician and frequent subject,  O'Neill recalled "[David] was my creative muse...he was so charming and warm...[he] never needed coaxing". 

David Bowie poses with William Burroughs during a photoshoot for an interview published in Rolling Stone magazine on February 28, 1974. Bowie had stated that the look and feel of his alter ego Ziggy Stardust had been inspired in part by Burroughs' work The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead.  

David Bowie is photographed wearing a hat and suit jacket during the filming of The Man Who Fell To Earth in Los Angeles in 1975. The science-fiction drama was Bowie's first and most successful appearance on big-screen.

David Bowie is photographed in concert during his Diamond Dogs tour at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on September 5, 1974. The tour was broken down into two parts, the first of which heavily featured rock opera-style set design and pageantry and the later following a more stripped down visual and audio presentation.

David Bowie is photographed backstage during his Diamond Dogs tour in Los Angeles, circa 1974. The tour was broken down into two parts, the first of which heavily featured rock opera-style set design and pageantry and the later following a more stripped down visual and audio presentation. 

David Bowie takes a drink break in an outtake from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles in 1974. Bowie described the young designer as "the ultimate co-shaper of the Ziggy look" having created legendary pieces like the ice-blue satin suit worn in the "Life on Mars" music video and the quilted jumpsuit worn on Top of the Pops.

David Bowie is photographed holding a cassette player in an outtake from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles in 1974. Bowie described the young designer as "the ultimate co-shaper of the Ziggy look" having created legendary pieces like the ice-blue satin suit worn in the "Life on Mars" music video and the quilted jumpsuit worn on Top of the Pops.  

David Bowie takes a drink break in outtakes from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles in 1974. Bowie described the young designer as "the ultimate co-shaper of the Ziggy look" having created legendary pieces like the ice-blue satin suit worn in the "Life on Mars" music video and the quilted jumpsuit worn on Top of the Pops.

David Bowie holds a cassette player in outtakes from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles in 1974. Bowie described the young designer as "the ultimate co-shaper of the Ziggy look" having created legendary pieces like the ice-blue satin suit worn in the "Life on Mars" music video and the quilted jumpsuit worn on Top of the Pops.

David Bowie sits and smokes in outtakes from the iconic Freddie Burretti suit photoshoot in Los Angeles in 1974. Bowie described the young designer as "the ultimate co-shaper of the Ziggy look" having created legendary pieces like the ice-blue satin suit worn in the "Life on Mars" music video and the quilted jumpsuit worn on Top of the Pops.

David Bowie's Sound + Visions Tour illustration was designed by Steve Park in the 1990s.  The photographer recalled of the development process “I wanted to make sure to pay homage to various points in his career with small visual elements. I was hugely into Gustav Klimt at the time, so I went for that design vibe using swirls and ornamental geometry to support the career elements, and painted Bowie‘s portrait at the center as Klimt often did."

David Bowie is captured in silhouette while rehearsing in the studio for the It's My Life Tour with his band Tin Machine in Dublin on August 4, 1991. In contrast to Bowie's previous tours, this would see the group book smaller, more intimate venues to focus on the new music they had come out with. 

David Bowie is photographed surrounded by Coors beer during the recording of his album Young Americans at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia in August of 1974. This was Bowie's ninth studio album and a departure from the glam rock style to one that he self described as "plastic soul".

A colour-enhanced image of David Bowie, exaggerating his heterochromia iridis, 1973. This photo was taken in Paris during a photoshoot for Bowie's 'Pin Ups' album.

David Bowie is photographed crouched down and crooning onstage during his late American tour in 1976. Gone is the make-up, the glitter, and the outrageous clothes of previous tours, and in its place is a white-suited Gatsby look.

David Bowie poses in a blazer, feather boa, and sunglasses beside his former wife Angie Bowie in a 1974 photoshoot. The legendary couple heavily influenced the glam rock culture and fashion of the 1970s.