A family photo inspires the artwork

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have to S

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owe most of this Brian Ward the

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photographer who took this Photograph

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and um David had seen a photograph of my

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mother uh on my in my living room at

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home which is a hand tinted photograph

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and he brought this photo to me and said

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can you tint it you know but like that

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one in your in your living room you I

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was really wanted to paint it rather

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than color the photograph so I shared it

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with airbrush artist and it gives it a

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bit better texture and the same thing

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for the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust

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Brian W's Studio was in headen Street

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just just here and when David came out

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with all his gear on I started to pour

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with rain so you got inside the phone

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box and that's how the phone box oh

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there we are in the phone box once again

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got I I got it airbrushed we never knew

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how iconic the albums were going to be

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obviously you never know at the time

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David

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knew always knew roughly what he I mean

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roughly he knew exactly what he wanted

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George's influence extended Beyond Bowie

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he also designed for Mark Bolan of T-Rex

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and the fix further solidifying his

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place in the world of rock and roll the

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first um album cover I did was actually

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via David he phoned me and said it's

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made of