Celebrity and the Big C
A photographic exhibition bringing together images of public figures whose lives have been shaped by cancer — a cause given devastating currency by the death earlier that year of David Bowie. The show featured Kate Garner's portraits of David Bowie and Angelina Jolie, pop artist Russell Marshall's images of Steve McQueen and Dennis Hopper, and Phil Knott's previously unseen photographs of Lemmy and Kylie Minogue, the Minogue edition released to mark the tenth anniversary of her recovery from breast cancer. Ten per cent of all proceeds were donated to Marie Curie's Daffodil Appeal. "The vast mix of stars touched by cancer in this exhibition illustrates just how indiscriminate it is," said gallery founder Gabrielle du Plooy.
