The changing faces of David Bowie

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Portrait by David Bailey, 1983 (Dukas/Sipa) Dukas/Sipa

As Ziggy Stardust, 1973 (RDB) RDB

A 3D portrait created by Australian street artist James Cochran in Brixton, London, where Bowie was born, 2013. Based on the iconic album Aladdin Sane, 1973 (AFP) AFP

Performing at the Swiss festival Out in the Green in Frauenfeld, 1997 (Keystone) Keystone

As the Thin White Duke on the Heroes world tour, Los Angeles, 1978 (RDB) RDB

Brussels, 1983 (AFP) AFP

Montreux Jazz Festival, 2002 (Keystone) Keystone

Geneva, 2003 (RDB) RDB

Acting in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, 1982, by Nagisa Oshima (AFP) AFP

A costume dedicated to Bowie, created by Japanese designer Kansai Yamamoto, on display at an exhibition in Paris, 2015 (AFP) AFP

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David Bowie, the iconic and shape-shifting British singer who has died aged 69, had an illustrious and colourful career lasting five decades. He performed many times in Switzerland. 

“My entire career, I’ve only really worked with the same subject matter,” Bowie said in 2002. “The trousers may change, but the actual words and subjects I’ve always chosen to write with are things to do with isolation, abandonment, fear and anxiety – all of the high points of one’s life.”