| Publication Overview Mick Rock's career was launched when he photographed an almost unknown David Bowie in 1972. The two established an instant rapport and Rock went on to document the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust, amassing thousands of photographs, shooting posters, album artwork and even several videos. His reputation as 'the man who shot the Seventies' was cemented with iconic images of Lou Reed, Syd Barrett, Iggy Pop, Queen, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones and Blondie. More recently, Mick has worked with the likes of Kate Moss, Michael Stipe, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Chemical Brothers, Razorlight, The Killers and The Libertines. His work hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Mick Rock is widely recognised as one of the most significant and prolific music photographers of the seventies. David and Mick met in March 1972, just as Ziggy was about to be launched upon the world, and so began a unique working relationship and friendship. Ziggy's huge cultural influence was carefully nurtured and fed to both press and public by an artist and management who realised the extra interest to be generated by holding back open access. Mick Rock was thus the only photographer authorised to record the whole of Ziggy's career from early 1972 to the end of 1973. |
