MICK
ROCK - Often referred to as The Man Who Shot the Seventies,
legendary rock and roll photographer Mick Rock first met David Bowie in
early 1972. Most
of the memorable images of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust were shot
by Mick Rock in his capacity as the official Bowie photographer. Rock
was instrumental in creating many other key rock n roll images such as
album covers for Syd Barrett's 'The Madcap Laughs', Lou Reed's 'Transformer'
and 'Coney Island Baby', Iggy and the Stooges' 'Raw Power', Queen's 'Queen
II' (recreated for their classic music video of 'Bohemian Rhapsody') and
'Sheer Heart Attack', the Ramones 'End of the Century' and Joan Jett's
'I Love Rock n Roll'. He was the chief photographer on the films 'The
Rocky Horror Picture Show' and 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'. He also produced
and directed the seminal music videos for Bowie to be found on
Bowie's recent 'Sound and Vision' DVD collection: 'John, I'm Only
Dancing', 'Jean Genie', 'Space Oddity', and 'Life On Mars'. In recent
years he has published a series of books, many based on his classic images: A
Photographic Record 1969-1980 (Century 22 Books 1995), Raw Power-
Iggy and the Stooges 1972 (Creation Books 2000), Blood and Glitter - Glam:
An Eyewitness Account (VisionOn Books 2001), Psychedelic Renegades/Syd
Barrett (Genesis Publications 2002), Moonage Daydream/Ziggy Stardust (with
David Bowie...Genesis Publications 2002), Rock n Roll Eye (Tokyo Metropolitan
Museum of Photography 2003), Killer Queen (with Brian May and Roger
Taylor...Genesis Publications 2003). Upcoming publications: Picture
This - Debbie Harry & Blondie (with Debbie Harry...Sanctuary Books..Spring
2004) and Transformer (with Lou Reed...Genesis Publications..Spring 2005 ).
Mick's recent massive (186 prints) retrospective exhibition at the Tokyo
Metropolitan Museum of Photography was dubbed 'one of the finest collections
of pop art to ever reach these shores' in the local press. Mick
Rock's enthusiasm for his art has remained undimmed and he has continued
to capture the musical spirit of succeeding eras through his work with
musicians of the 1980's and 90's and the new millenium. His
recent subjects include Michael Stipe of REM, Johnny Marr, Supergrass,
Kate Moss, The Music, The Anthem, Third Eye Blind, VHS Meets Beta, Los
Lonely Boys, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Chemical Brothers, Sondre
Lerche, The Rapture, TV on the Radio, Stellastarr, The Killers, Razorlight,
The Libertines, Snow Patrol, The Ravonettes, Fat Joe and old friends
Bowie, Lou Reed and Debbie Harry.
