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The 2018 O’Regan’s 'Ricochet : David Bowie 1983' boxed set was a huge success both in hardback published by
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album cover) used a Denis O'Regan picture of
Freddie Mercury in his design for the Royal Mail's Millennium first class postage stamp. His photographs of Queen band members Freddie Mercury and Brian May also graced Royal Mail stamps released in 2020. O'Regan received a dedication from UK
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Hammersmith, O'Regan taught himself photography. He resigned his day job, toured Europe on a student rail pass, and returned to comprehensively document the readily-accessible Punk explosion in London. A major contributor to
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intimately document David Bowie's most successful year following the release of his 'Let's Dance' album. The
Ricochet boxed set was the first product to feature the David Bowie estate stamp, and is on display in the
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European tours in 2004/2005. Having covered Pink Floyd's final tour -
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