In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album _The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars_. With it landed Bowie's Stardust alter-ego: A glitter-clad, mascara-eyed, sexually-ambiguous persona who kicked down the boundaries between male and female, straight and gay, fact and fiction into one **shifting and sparkling phenomenon of '70s self-expression**.

Together, Ziggy the album and Ziggy the stage spectacular propelled the softly spoken Londoner into one of the world's biggest stars. A key passenger on this glam trip into the stratosphere was fellow Londoner and photographer **Mick Rock**. Rock bonded with Bowie artistically and personally, immersed himself in the singer's inner circle, and, between 1972-1973, worked as **Bowie's official photographer**.

This **limited and numbered edition **brings together the **best of Rock's Bowie portfolio** with **spectacular stage shots as well as intimate backstage portraits**. Pictures for press, album jackets, and stills from promo movies sit alongside **around 50 percent previously unseen images**, offering unprecedented access to the many facets of Bowie's personality and his fame. The book's hologram cover, composed of different head-shots, rejoices in **Bowie's fearless experimentation and unpredictability**.

Through the aloof and approachable, the playful and serious, the candid and the contrived, this is **a tribute bursting with the daring and energy of a unique star and his eternal inspiration.**

**Limited to a total of 1,972 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, this book is available as Collector's Edition (No. 201-1,972), and also in two Art Editions of 100 copies each, with a pigment print signed by Mick Rock.**