Hunky Dory is the fourth album by singer-songwriter David Jones, stage name David Bowie. Hunky Dory is one of Bowie's most highly celebrated albums and my second favourite. The album cover represents Bowie with flowing golden hair, rosy skin and an opulent speckled fur coat, on the back of his album he is represented in long high waisted flares shot from a low angle making him look even taller.Although Bowie androgynous reputation is mostly linked to his following album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, his style in the Hunky Dory Album and the following photos prove that he was experimenting with androgyny before that. The style of the following photos was influenced by a Marlene Dietrich photo book that Bowie brought with him to the photoshoot. Marlene is a famous German film actress. Bowie challenges superficial male conventions, taking the long flowing hair of the sixties further (album was released in 1971, end of the sixties) by also donning what could be seen as a woman's coat and painting his face with make up and adorning statement jewelry. In many ways Bowie is reflecting many traits of the Glam Rock period before it's time.
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