He described the photo session as 'magical'. He was not only a celebrated artist in his own right, but importantly he was also a childhood friend of Syd. It was The Madcap Laughs cover which had Bowie seeking Mick Rock out for some photographs of his own. Watching early Pink Floyd in concert is what convinced the teenage Bowie to become a singer. Mick Rock is better known today for his famous images of David Bowie. There was some suggestion that he might get dressed. When photographer Mick Rock turned up, he found Syd wearing just his under-pants carefully having kohl applied to his eyes by Iggy. Iggy wasn't the only person practically naked at the beginning of this session. She must have given her consent at the time, but it still took decades for her to discover that she was in The Madcap Laughs. This was the aftermath of the Summer of Love and Iggy just did it in a hippy daze. Nobody asked her to take her clothes off. Her family were of Anglo-Pakistani descent, with her mother harking from close to the Himalayas). This was Iggy the Eskimo (real name Evelyn and not an Eskimo at all. A naked woman dances and stretches artistically in the background. Inside the sleeve notes are more photographs. He just neglected to factor in a footpath back across wet boards. He'd been up all night, transforming his room in preparation for the photo shoot. Not captured was the spot in the corner showing bare floorboards. Syd Barrett's apartment smelled toxic with the fumes of it. The internet leeches colors, but the original photograph shows the floorboards to be alternately bright orange and blue. You are staring at an album cover, so let us start there.
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