Rare Photos of Young David Bowie Published in New Book

In 1967, a 20-year-old David Jones changed his name to avoid being confused with the lead singer of The Monkees. David Bowie was born.

Fifty years since the release of Bowie’s debut album, photographer Gerald Fearnley captures a musical icon at the start of his career in Bowie Unseen: Portraits of an Artist as a Young Man.

In Fearnley’s studio, you can see a young Bowie experiment with looks that would eventually become Ziggy Stardust.

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

English singer, songwriter and actor David Bowie stands for a photoshoot with photographer Gerald Fearnley circa 1967. (GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

Gerald Fearnley

(GeraldFearnley/IconicImages/ACC Art Books)

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