Photographing David Bowie: "He'd built up all the evidence. So then I had to destroy them…"

Tony McGee picture of David Bowie and Tony McGee by his studio.

Few musicians shaped their visual identity as carefully as David Bowie. From Ziggy Stardust to Aladdin Sane, his collaborations with photographers helped create some of the most iconic images in rock history.

So when six eminent photographers got together at the atmospheric Lightroom centre in London, England, to talk about their photos of Bowie to rock journalist Miranda Sawyer, it made for a fascinating event for fans and creators alike.