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Geoff MacCormack · Gallery & online exhibition

Bowie, Beyond the Stage

Online exhibition open

7–11 May 2025 · In conjunction with Frieze New York

Kalkeriet Contemporary, Malmö

Black-and-white portrait of David Bowie in a striped shirt, Fenton Lake, New Mexico, 1975
Geoff MacCormack, David Bowie, Fenton Lake, New Mexico, 1975. Photograph © Geoff MacCormack.

Geoff MacCormack made these photographs during the years he travelled and performed with David Bowie. Their friendship and work together put him close to the ordinary rhythms of touring, filming and recording. He used the camera in the intervals those days afforded, making a record of a performer at work and of the time they spent between engagements. This selection revisits MacCormack’s 2025 exhibition at Kalkeriet Contemporary.

David Bowie, Trans Siberia Express, 1973

Geoff MacCormack

David Bowie, Trans Siberia Express, 1973

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl
Five sizes, from 27.9 × 35.5 cm
Edition of 100 (S–XL) or 50 (XXL), signed and numbered

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MacCormack photographed from inside the routines of a tour. Waiting, travelling and getting ready gave him access to a different pace from the one an audience experienced.

David Bowie, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1973

Geoff MacCormack

David Bowie, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1973

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl
Five sizes, from 27.9 × 35.5 cm
Edition of 100 (S–XL) or 50 (XXL), signed and numbered

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A change of setting could change MacCormack’s distance from his subject. A train carriage brought the camera close, while the open landscape gave him room to place a figure at a distance.

David Bowie, New Mexico, 1975

Geoff MacCormack

David Bowie, New Mexico, 1975

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl
Five sizes, from 27.9 × 35.5 cm
Edition of 100 (S–XL) or 50 (XXL), signed and numbered

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On a film set, MacCormack worked alongside a production with its own costumes, sets and lighting. His photographs draw on those conditions and on his proximity to Bowie.

David Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1975

Geoff MacCormack

David Bowie, The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1975

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl
Five sizes, from 27.9 × 35.5 cm
Edition of 100 (S–XL) or 50 (XXL), signed and numbered

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Working across locations, MacCormack kept his attention on the intervals that recur in any production. The sequence makes those intervals part of the record.

David Bowie, Filming in Los Angeles, 1975

Geoff MacCormack

David Bowie, Filming in Los Angeles, 1975

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl
Five sizes, from 27.9 × 35.5 cm
Edition of 100 (S–XL) or 50 (XXL), signed and numbered

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In the recording studio, MacCormack was also a musical collaborator. That double role helps explain the ease with which his photographs move between an individual portrait and a record of work in progress.

David Bowie, Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, USA, 1975

Geoff MacCormack

David Bowie, Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, USA, 1975

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl
Five sizes, from 27.9 × 35.5 cm
Edition of 100 (S–XL) or 50 (XXL), signed and numbered

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