{"id":195949,"date":"2021-03-06T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T19:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T22:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T19:02:24","slug":"mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mick Rock&#8217;s photos and the stories behind them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36dc806d8b3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36dc806d8b3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#Debbie_Harry_of_Blondie\" >Debbie Harry of Blondie<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#The_Pointer_Sisters\" >The Pointer Sisters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#Motley_Crue\" >M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#Iggy_Pop\" >Iggy Pop<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#Miley_Cyrus\" >Miley Cyrus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#Joan_Jett\" >Joan Jett<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#David_Bowie_and_Lou_Reed\" >David Bowie and Lou Reed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mick-rocks-photos-and-the-stories-behind-them\/#Fin_DAC_collaboration\" >Fin DAC collaboration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mick Rock&#8217;s photos and the stories behind them<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If not for an LSD <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> he took in 1968, at age 19, photographer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mickrock.com\/\">Mick Rock<\/a> might never have sn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed iconic photos of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and a host of other musicians. At the time, he was attending Cambridge University in \u00adEngland, majoring in literature and harboring no photographic ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>But Rock told The Post that on that night, \u201cI was at the home of a friend who had all the toys, including a great record player and camera. Sitting around his room, tripping on blotter acid, I picked up the camera and began playing with it. Every time I clicked, there was an explosion and I saw a lady\u2019s faces in a million \u00aditerations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rock fell in love with photography and went from shooting girlfriends to capturing rockers for London publications and Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a different time,\u201d he said. \u201cI picked up what I needed to know as I went along. I realized that you didn\u2019t need to know much when it came to photography.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Rock went on to become an image-maker of choice for stars from Freddie Mercury to Joey Ramone. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.west-contemporary-editions.com\/\">West Contemporary Editions<\/a>\u00a0gallery in London is in the midst of a sale that includes a dozen of his favorite prints.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of his top shots and the stories behind them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Debbie_Harry_of_Blondie\"><\/span>Debbie Harry of Blondie<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493454 lazyload\" alt=\"Debbie Harry\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-blondie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-blondie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-blondie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-blondie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-blondie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Debbie Harry<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1978, Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione wanted to start a women\u2019s fashion magazine. Rock was commissioned to shoot a portrait of Blondie frontwoman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/09\/28\/debbie-harry-talks-sex-coke-and-rock-n-roll-in-new-memoir\/\">Debbie Harry.<\/a> He did it in his New York studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDebbie and Bowie were the two most photogenic people to come down the pike,\u201d said Rock. \u201cShe loved having her picture taken .\u2009.\u2009. I gave her some attitude with wild hand gestures, and she responded by pulling on the scarf.\u201d Rock remembered that she told him, \u201cIf you were a drag queen, your name would be Miss Direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the fashion mag, it never happened and Guccione ended up putting the punk princess on the cover of Penthouse. \u201cShe didn\u2019t mind,\u201d said Rock.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Pointer_Sisters\"><\/span>The Pointer Sisters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493462 lazyload\" alt=\"Pointer Sisters\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-pointer-sisters.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-pointer-sisters.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-pointer-sisters.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-pointer-sisters.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-pointer-sisters.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Pointer Sisters<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was 1973, the Pointer Sisters were getting ready to play their first British gig and everybody was pumped. Rock went backstage to capture the moment. He was ready \u2014 but made to wait longer than expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe makeup artist was good but a pain in the neck,\u201d Rock remembered. \u201cHe worked with me for [Bowie\u2019s] \u2018Life on Mars\u2019 video [which Rock directed]. David called him Pierre Le Poof. I remember being mad at Pierre that night .\u2009.\u2009. He used all [the Pointers\u2019] time with makeup. F\u2013king Pierre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"m_7155249850532048629gmail-U1050699675641oeG\">But then Rock reconsidered: \u201cI only got one set of pictures done, but maybe the time constraint is what energized the whole thin<\/span>g. Look at them \u2014 they\u2019re so bright and cheerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Motley_Crue\"><\/span>M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493461 lazyload\" alt=\"Motley Crue\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-motley-cru.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-motley-cru.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-motley-cru.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-motley-cru.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-motley-cru.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Motley Crue<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 1986 conversation with bassist Nikki Sixx struck the perfect chord prior to a shoot with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce. \u201cNikki said to me, \u2018Do what you want. Just make it glammy and dramatic,\u2019\u2009\u201d remembered Rock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were out of their f\u2013king minds with \u00adcocaine. They made me look like an amateur \u2014 and I was no amateur. At one point during the session, Vince Neil disappeared with some bird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for this image, Rock said, \u201cThey were completely wild and fun and there happened to be a bathtub [in the studio]. Somebody told them to get in; so they did and poured in the bubble bath. I thought it was the perfect photo, but for some reason their record label didn\u2019t use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Iggy_Pop\"><\/span>Iggy Pop<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493457 lazyload\" alt=\"Iggy Pop\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-iggy-pop.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-iggy-pop.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-iggy-pop.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-iggy-pop.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-iggy-pop.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1334 1334w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Iggy Pop<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iggy Pop came to London in 1972 to record the album \u201cRaw Power\u201d at the behest of his pal David Bowie. \u201cEverybody was telling me to go to Iggy\u2019s show at King\u2019s Cross Cinema. I was with Bowie and had free range [for photos] \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/06\/17\/iggy-pop-once-took-elephant-tranquilizers-before-performing-says-ex-bebe-buell\/\">Iggy was notoriously crazy<\/a>, charged up, but not quite drooling,\u201d said Rock, adding that Pop was unsuccessfully trying to avoid drugs at the time. \u201cI wound up selling pictures from that show to his record label for the \u2018Raw Power\u2019 album cover. They paid me $200. Clearly, my photo didn\u2019t help sell the album. It wound up in the bargain bin months after the release.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Miley_Cyrus\"><\/span>Miley Cyrus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493460\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493460 lazyload\" alt=\"Miley Cyrus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-miley-cyrus.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-miley-cyrus.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-miley-cyrus.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-miley-cyrus.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-miley-cyrus.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Miley Cyrus<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, in the thick of pandemic lockdown, Rock received a call from his friend who had produced Miley Cyrus\u2019 new record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted me to fly to LA so that I could shoot Miley for her \u2018Plastic Hearts\u2019 album cover. But I had a kidney transplant in 2012 and I wasn\u2019t going to f\u2013king go there and get sick,\u201d said Rock. \u201cThen, soon after, he called again and said he was in New York with Miley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As is the norm for Rock, there was not a lot of advance planning \u2014 save for a pair of nurses to administer COVID tests \u2014 but his pedigree went a long way. \u201cMiley wanted to know about David Bowie. She asked me about the first time I met him,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was backstage .\u2009.\u2009. We were both South London boys, he was charming and minded his manners even at his craziest; we got tight quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Cyrus, \u201cShe likes sticking out her tongue and I didn\u2019t object. All of a sudden she began licking the statue. I made sure to get the shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Joan_Jett\"><\/span>Joan Jett<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493458 lazyload\" alt=\"Joan Jett\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-joan-jett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-joan-jett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-joan-jett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-joan-jett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-joan-jett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1334 1334w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Joan Jett<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of Rock\u2019s best shoots took place with little in the way of advance notice. Such was the case in 1983 when he received a midnight call from Joan Jett\u2019s manager, Kenny Laguna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me that Joan had done three or four photo shoots, hated the pictures and needed to get the album [art] in,\u201d recalled Rock. \u201cSo she came up to the studio with a few changes of clothing and I shot her. I saw her in that jacket and thought that she looked like a female Elvis.\u201d It became the cover of her \u201cI Love Rock \u2018n Roll\u201d album.<\/p>\n<p>As for the late-hour vibe, Rock said, \u201cI\u2019m sure there were other things going on that night. I know there were for me.\u201d Asked if he\u2019s referring to illicit substances, Rock replied, \u201cDrugs? I can\u2019t talk about drugs, old boy. But I do have the greatest collection of \u00adcocaine still-lifes. It was a different time, darling.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"David_Bowie_and_Lou_Reed\"><\/span>David Bowie and Lou Reed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17493459 size-large lazyload\" alt=\"David Bowie and Lou Reed\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-lou-reed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-lou-reed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-lou-reed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-lou-reed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-lou-reed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1334 1334w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>David Bowie and Lou Reed<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sheer love of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll paid off when the photographer got invited to a 1972 press gathering for David Bowie and Lou Reed in a suite at the Dorchester Hotel in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know if I got paid to take pictures there,\u201d Rock said. \u201cBut getting paid was not the point. It was about hanging out with David, who was very ambitious. He talked to me about wanting the big time. Lou\u201d \u2014 whose \u201cTransformer\u201d record Bowie was getting ready to produce \u2014 \u201cmight have been a bit out of it that afternoon. Between them, he and David were very chatty but they did not talk to anyone else. Most of the time, David had a cigarette in hand .\u2009.\u2009. and Lou looked like he just stepped off the campus of Syracuse University [Reed\u2019s alma \u00admater].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowie was something of a muse for the photographer. Said Rock: \u201cBowie was always dressing up. I shot him in 72 different outfits over 21 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fin_DAC_collaboration\"><\/span>Fin DAC collaboration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17493455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17493455 lazyload\" alt=\"Life on Mars\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-bowie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-bowie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-bowie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-bowie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/mick-rock-bowie.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1334 1334w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Life on Mars<\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Fin DAC\/ Mick Rock 2021\/Midaro<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As far as Rock is concerned, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of images he did with spray-paint artist <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/findac.tumblr.com\/\">Fin DAC<\/a> are more about the content, artfulness and context than the photos themselves (which Fin DAC, not Rock, snapped).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA monkey could take those pictures,\u201d he said. The photos show limited edition works depicting Rock\u2019s images on T-shirts worn by a model. Fin DAC paints each piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point was to make the T-shirts, put them on the person and do the art,\u201d Rock said. \u201cThey\u2019re cool. Plus we split the money, we split the publicity and we split the co-ownership.\u201d Iterations featuring David Bowie, Lou Reed and Debbie Harry are being auctioned off for charity.<\/p>\n<p>All prints are available to see and purchase at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.west-contemporary-editions.com\/\">West-Contemporary-Editions.com<\/a>.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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