He was the photographer of the Ziggy Stardust era from David Bowie. It has also created illustrations for key albums of Lou Reed, stooges, ramones or queen.
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He had a predestined name. The British Mick Rock, official photographer of David Bowie and who put in his viewfinder the rock gratin of the 1970s died, announces its Twitter account , Friday, November 19th.
“It is with the heavy heart that we announce that our beloved psychedelic renegade Mick Rock made the jungian trip to the other side”, is it written, with reference to the psychoanalyst Carl Jung. “Those who have had the pleasure of living in his orbit know that Mick was more than” the man who photographed the 70s “”, with reference to his nickname, according to the same source. “It was a poet of photography, a real strength of nature, who spent his days doing exactly what he loved, always in his deliciously irreverent way”. The circumstances of the death of the photographer, who was born in London in 1948, were not specified.
David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed
For nearly two years, he was the official photographer of the Ziggy Stardust era, Alter ego “Glam” from David Bowie between 1972 and 1973, for whom he realized the disk pockets, the posters or the Videos of Space Odyssey, Life on Mars, Jean Genie and John, I’m Only Dancing.
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iconic rock scene photographer, Mick Rock has also created illustrations of iconic albums for artists such as Lou Reed (Transformer, Coney Island Baby), Stooges (Raw Power), Ramones (End of the Century ), Joan Jett (I Love Rock’n’Roll) and Queen (Queen II), an image that the group has reused for the clip of Bohemian Rhapsody as well as for his album Sheer Heart Attack . For cinema, he had made the production photos of the cult musale the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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