1970s rock star photographer Mick Rock dies – archyworldys

He had a predestinated name. The Briton Mick Rock, official photographer of David Bowie and who put in his sights the gratin of the rock of the 1970s, is dead, announces his Twitter account, Friday November 19.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce that our beloved psychedelic renegade Mick Rock has made the Jungian journey to the other side”, it is written, with reference to the psychoanalyst Carl Jung. “Those who have had the pleasure of living in his orbit know that Mick was much more than “the man who photographed the 70s” “, in reference to his nickname, according to the same source. “He was a poet of photography, a true force of nature, who spent his days doing exactly what he loved, always in his delightfully irreverent way”. The circumstances of the death of the photographer, who was born in London in 1948, have not been specified.

David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed

For almost two years he was the official photographer of the Ziggy Stardust era, alter ego “Glam” by David Bowie between 1972 and 1973, for whom he produced the album covers, posters and videos of Space odyssey, Life on Mars, Jean Genie and John, I’m Only Dancing.

The first test I made fell out of focus in the exposure. Lou loved the result. It took me twelve attempts to reprod… https://t.co/oCfSJbQ7Xk

– TheRealMickRock (@Mick Rock)

Iconic photographer of the rock scene, Mick Rock has also created iconic album artwork for artists such as Lou Reed (Transform, Coney Island Baby), the Stooges (Raw Power), the Ramones (End of the Century), Joan Jett (I Love Rock’n’Roll) and Queen (Queen ii), an image the band reused for the music video Bohemian rhapsody as well as for his album Sheer Heart Attack. For the cinema, he had taken the production photos of the cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

#TimCurry on the set of the #rockyhorrorpictureshow, 1974 #tbt #halloween https://t.co/9e94Cjb2B6

– TheRealMickRock (@Mick Rock)