Lodger Set Build - 1979

Duffy’s fourth shoot with David in 1979 was in his north London studio for the Lodger album cover, where David wanted to capture the look of a falling man. Lodger was Bowie’s thirteenth studio album and the final album in his “Berlin Trilogy.” The album cover art was a collaboration between Duffy/Bowie and Derek Boshier, tying the project together graphically. Coco, David’s long-time assistant, worked with Anthony Clavet, the make-up artist, and his assistant to attach a fine nylon fishing line to Bowie’s face and then gently tugged to contort it as if he were falling from a great height. Duffy was suspended from the studio rafters. to shoot David who had a bandaged hand resulting from a coffee burn, which ideally suited to the dramatic imagery.

An image similar to this one and the Experimental Sink were used in the gatefold for the Lodger album.