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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 ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’) and Sheer Heart Attack, the Ramones End of the Century and Joan Jett’s I Love Rock ’n’ Roll, among many others. He was the chief photographer on the films The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. He also produced and directed the seminal music videos for Bowie to be found on Bowie’s Sound and Vision DVD collection: ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’, ‘Jean Genie’, ‘Space Oddity’, and ‘Life On Mars’.

He has had major exhibitions in London, Liverpool, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Oslo, Stockholm, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Las Vegas with upcoming ones for 2009 in Dubai, Amsterdam, and Auckland NZ. His recent subjects include The Killers, The Scissor Sisters, Michael Stipe, Kate Moss, The YeahYeahYeahs, The Chemical Brothers, Razorlight, Queens of the Stone Age, New Order, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, The Editors, the Magic Numbers, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, The Fratellis, The Shins, The Kooks, MGMT, Alejandro Escovedo, Mika, The Klaxons, Peaches, Fat Joe, Rhymefest, Nas, Pharrell, Q-Tip, Perry Farrell(solo), Jane’s Addiction, Sienna Miller, Tom Stoppard and old friends Bowie, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Motley Crue and Iggy Pop.

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