BN1 Chats With Geoff MacCormack Friend and Photographer to David Bowie
How far would you go for a friend? For Geoff MacCormack, he’d accompany one around the world, perform in his band and help document the emergence of a global music icon. He met the 8-year-old David Jones whilst growing up in Bromley, the dull brown uniform of Burnt Ash Primary School a far cry from the flamboyant stage persona of David Bowie.
“When David called me, I was selling advertising space,”
MacCormack says, with a chuckle. “He didn’t ask me, he just told me we were going on tour. After those three years, it took me quite a while to readjust when we came back.”
It was the second year of Bowie’s , which was slowly winding album), the acclaimed photographer sorted him out with a decent camera.
