David Bowie: Live In New York [Hardcover]

Myriam Santos-Kayda (Photographer), David Bowie (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

In October 2002, David Bowie performed the New York City Marathon Tour. Five different nights in five different venues in each of New York’s five boroughs. It was a tribute to New York, and a tribute to his fans. For the first time in over fifteen years, he let a photographer follow him on tour, capturing a David Bowie we've never seen before.

About the Marathon Tour, Bowie writes, “The last time I came through the Northeast it was on the Area 2 Tour. We played in amphitheaters, which are usually a good distance from the major cities. Marathon courses are strategically planned to bring the runners to the streets. I would like to repay the fans that traveled so far to see me by bringing my show to them. But most importantly, I could get home from all the gigs on roller skates.”

David Bowie: Live in New York is an intimate portrait of one of rock and roll's most exciting events of the decade.

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About the Author

Myriam Santos-Kayda, acclaimed portrait photographer for the music industry, has captured David Bowie in rehearsal, in the dressing room, onstage and backstage, alone and hanging out with his band. Bowie, one of rock’s most influential and enduring figures, reveals his complexity, humor, grace, and rigor as an artist and performer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: powerHouse Books; 1 edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576871819
• ISBN-13: 978-1576871812
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,151,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A different side of Bowie, November 6, 2003

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This review is from: David Bowie: Live In New York (Hardcover)

This book is not at all your typical glammed up, pretty-poses promotional pamphlet. Instead, you see a very different Bowie from what you might assume. Here he is backstage in his robe, at soundcheck in his parka, working out a new tune on a portable keyboard in a dressing room.

The photographs are in a documentary style, and they catch a funny, regular-guy side of Bowie. I have this book sitting on my coffee table, and every person who comes over picks it up and looks through the entire thing, whether they're into Bowie or not. Quite an accomplishment.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST ROCK BOOK EVER, November 13, 2003

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"fakerboy101" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: David Bowie: Live In New York (Hardcover)

I wrote a review for the amazon UK site, not sure if it tranfers over to this one. I love this book. The photographs are beautiful,
all black and white, all stunning. It's Bowie like I've never seen him before and I've been a fan for a very long long time.
It's not just a great photography art book. It's not just a great David Bowie book, it's both. I just bought this book for my friend's birthday and they loved it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Rock Photography, November 9, 2003

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"kmnorris4" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: David Bowie: Live In New York (Hardcover)

In October 2002, David Bowie commenced his now famous New York City Marathon Tour, whereby Bowie played five shows in the five New York boroughs on five nights. This was one of the most personal, intimate tours Bowie ever launched and to commemorate it he chose acclaimed entertainment photographer Myriam Santos-Kayda to shoot the tour - onstage, backstage, with his band and by himself. The result is the fabulous collaboration, David Bowie: Live In New York. In addition to opening every aspect of the shows to Santos-Kayda's lens, Bowie wrote a very personal foreword for the book which sets the tone for the photographic collection to follow.

While other books may be called "definitive David Bowie encyclopedias", Santos-Kayda has captured what will surely be considered a definitive David Bowie photographic series. For those Bowie fans who could not attend the New York City Marathon gigs, this book will give them an inside view from a gifted photographer and a Bowie fan herself- which adds another dimension to this gorgeous series of black and white photographs. The collection shows the wit and intelligence of one of rock's most enigmatic legends.

So much has been said about David Bowie and the vast body of work that spans his thirty plus year career. However, rarely has anyone gotten so close to Bowie in the midst of such an energetic atmosphere and revealed the man (and his band) at the height of the creative process. Intimate while never intrusive or contrived, this book should be on the shelf of any self-respecting David Bowie fan. And for those interested in the art of taking pictures, this collection is a handbook on black and white photography in a rock and roll environment. David Bowie: Live in New York by Myriam Santos-Kayda with a Foreword by David Bowie is an influential study that will be a hallmark for future artists and photographers.