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Line 1: {{Short description\|British photographer (1948–2021)}} {{~~Use British English~~EngvarB\|date=~~June~~April ~~2013~~2023}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~October~~April ~~2020~~2023}} {{Infobox person \| name = Mick Rock \| image = \| caption = \| alias = Michael David Rock \| birth_name = Michael Edward Chester Smith \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1948\|11\|2221\|df=y}}<ref>[{{Cite web\|url=https://www.~~thetimes~~nytimes.~~co.uk~~com/~~article~~2021/11/20/arts/music/mick-rock-~~obituary-0hv6vs86f~~ dead.html\|title=Mick Rock, ~~Times~~Sought-After ~~obituary]~~Rock Photographer, Dies at 72\|first=Neil\|last=Genzlinger\|date=20 November 2021\|access-date=21 March 2023\|website=Nytimes.com}}</ref> \| birth_place = [[Hammersmith]], London, England<ref name="theguardian-2021/nov/19/mick-rock-dies"/> \| death_date = {{death date and age\|2021\|11\|18\|1948\|11\|2221\|df=y}} \| death_place = [[Staten Island]], New York City, U.S. \| occupation = Photographer \| years_active = \| spouse = Pati Rock \| children = 1 \| website = {{URL\|~~www.~~mickrock.com}} }} '''Michael David Rock''' (born '''Michael Edward Chester Smith''';<ref name=thetalks/> 2221 November 1948 – 18 November 2021)<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-06-~~28 June 2021\|title=Mick Rock\|url=https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/mick-rock/\|website=huxleyparlour.com}}</ref> was a British photographer. He photographed rock music acts such as [[Queen (band)\|Queen]], [[David Bowie]], [[Waylon Jennings]], [[T. Rex (band)\|T. Rex]], [[Syd Barrett]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Iggy Pop]] and [[The Stooges]], [[The Sex Pistols]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[The Ramones]], [[Joan Jett]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Roxy Music]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Geordie (band)\|Geordie]], [[Mötley Crüe]], ~~and~~ [[Blondie (band)\|Blondie]] and [[Third Eye Blind]]. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies",<ref name="BBC"/> he shot most of the memorable ~~shots~~photos of Bowie as [[~~David Bowie#~~Ziggy Stardust (character)\|Ziggy Stardust]] ~~were shot by Rock~~ in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer.<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=The Rise of David Bowie: Mick Rock's legendary photos of the late artist\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/david-bowie-mick-rock-legendary-photos-late-artist-a9357216.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/david-bowie-mick-rock-legendary-photos-late-artist-a9357216.html \|archive-date=14 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|date=15 March 2020\|website=The Independent}}</ref> Rock's work is held in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]].<ref name="npg">{{cite web\|access-date=2023-05-15\|title=Mick Rock\|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp10484/michael-david-mick-rock\|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref> ==Early life== According to most sources, Michael David Rock was born in 1948 in [[Hammersmith]], London, the son of David and Joan Rock,<ref>[http://flattmag.com/art/1395-2/ 'Mick Rock'], ''FLATT magazine'' (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref> although in a 2017 interview he stated that his birth name was Michael Edward Chester Smith, and his birth was the result of his mother's relationship with an American airman.<ref name=thetalks>[https://the-talks.com/interview/mick-rock/ "Mick Rock: I Blame the Name", ''The Talks'', 2017]. Retrieved 19 November 2021</ref> He was educated at [[Emanuel School]] in London, and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], graduating with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.<ref>'Cambridge University Tripos Lists', ''Times'', 26 June 1967.</ref> While at Cambridge, he developed an interest in 19th century Romantic poetry{{mdash}}principally the works of [[Arthur Rimbaud\|Rimbaud]], [[Charles Baudelaire\|Baudelaire]], [[Percy Bysshe Shelley\|Shelley]], and [[George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron\|Byron]]{{mdash}}and his first appearance in the press came after he was arrested for [[marijuana]] possession.<ref>[https://www.andrewpurcell.net/?p=2175 'Mick Rock: from "Receiver" to Transformer'], ''andrewpurcell.net'', 6 July 2015 (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref>[https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/once_a_caian._issue_3.pdf ''Once a Caian...''], Issue 3, Spring 2006, pp. 16-7. (Accessed 10 April 2019)</ref> He was educated at [[Emanuel School]] in London, and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], graduating with a degree in Medieval and Modern Languages.<ref name="cai.cam.ac.uk-19482021">{{cite web \|title=The Man Who Shot the Seventies: Mick Rock (1948-2021) \|url=https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/news/man-who-shot-seventies-mick-rock-19482021 \|website=[[Gonville & Caius]] \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|language=en \|date=20 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="bbc-news-59344065">{{cite news \|title=Mick Rock: David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Queen photographer dies at 72 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-59344065 \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[BBC News]] \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref><ref>'Cambridge University Tripos Lists', ''Times'', 26 June 1967.</ref> While at Cambridge, he developed an interest in 19th century Romantic poetry{{mdash}}principally the works of [[Arthur Rimbaud\|Rimbaud]], [[Charles Baudelaire\|Baudelaire]], [[Percy Bysshe Shelley\|Shelley]], and [[George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron\|Byron]]{{mdash}}and his first appearance in the press came after he was arrested for [[marijuana]] possession.<ref name="theguardian-2021/nov/19/mick-rock-dies"/><ref>[https://www.andrewpurcell.net/?p=2175 'Mick Rock: from "Receiver" to Transformer'], ''andrewpurcell.net'', 6 July 2015 (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref name="once_a_caian._issue_3">[https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/once_a_caian._issue_3.pdf ''Once a Caian...''], Issue 3, Spring 2006, pp. 16-7. (Accessed 10 April 2019)</ref> ==Career==▼ During his time at Cambridge, Rock picked up a friend's camera and started to take pictures of the local rock music scene, acquiring some friends and contacts along the way (including Cambridge native [[Syd Barrett]] and [[Mick Jagger]]'s younger brother [[Chris Jagger\|Chris]]).<ref>[http://www.classicbands.com/MickRockInterview.html 'Gary James' Interview with Photographer Mick Rock'], ''classicbands.com'' (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref>[https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/rock-ages-mick-rock-98186 'Mick Rock interview: Shooting David Bowie portraits'], ''Amateur Photographer'', 4 December 2016 (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref>▼ ▲==Career== In addition to his work with Bowie, whom he met in early 1972, Rock also created album covers for Barrett's ''[[The Madcap Laughs]]'', [[Waylon Jennings]]'s ''[[Lonesome, On'ry and Mean]]'', [[Lou Reed]]'s ''[[Transformer (Lou Reed album)\|Transformer]]'' and ''[[Coney Island Baby]]'', [[Iggy Pop]] and [[the Stooges]]' ''[[Raw Power]]'', [[Queen (band)\|Queen]]'s ''[[Queen II]]'' (recreated for their music video "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]") and ''[[Sheer Heart Attack]]'', [[Geordie (band)\|Geordie]]'s ''[[Don't Be Fooled by the Name]]'', [[the Ramones]]' ''[[End of the Century]]'', and [[Joan Jett]]'s ''[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll (album)\|I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]''.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6613107.stm Photographer lives the Rock dream] BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2011</ref><ref name="nme-anderson-2010">{{cite web\|access-date=2021-08-19\|title=The stunning photography of Mick Rock\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-stunning-photography-of-mick-rock-1418872\|date=10 November 2010\|website=NME}}</ref>▼ ▲During his time at Cambridge, Rock rowed in the [[Caius Boat Club\|Caius First VIII]],<ref name="once_a_caian._issue_3"/> and also picked up a friend's camera and started to take pictures of the local rock music scene, acquiring some friends and contacts along the way (including Cambridge native [[Syd Barrett]] and [[Mick Jagger]]'s younger brother [[Chris Jagger\|Chris]]).<ref>[http://www.classicbands.com/MickRockInterview.html 'Gary James' Interview with Photographer Mick Rock'], ''classicbands.com'' (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref>[https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/technique/interviews/rock-ages-mick-rock-98186 'Mick Rock interview: Shooting David Bowie portraits'], ''Amateur Photographer'', 4 December 2016 (Accessed 10 April 2019).</ref><ref name="washingtonpost-obituaries">{{cite news \|last1=Schudel \|first1=Matt \|title=Mick Rock, photographer who created indelible images of rock greats, dies at 72 \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/11/19/mick-rock-dead/ \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=Washington Post \|date=20 November 2021}}</ref> ▲In addition to his work with Bowie, whom he met in early 1972, Rock also created album covers for Barrett's ''[[The Madcap Laughs]]'', [[Waylon Jennings]]'s ''[[Lonesome, On'ry and Mean]]'', [[Lou Reed]]'s ''[[Transformer (Lou Reed album)\|Transformer]]'' and ''[[Coney Island Baby]]'', [[Iggy Pop]] and [[the Stooges]]' ''[[Raw Power]]'', [[Queen (band)\|Queen]]'s ''[[Queen II]]'' (recreated for their music video "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]") and ''[[Sheer Heart Attack]]'', [[Geordie (band)\|Geordie]]'s ''[[Don't Be Fooled by the Name]]'', [[the Ramones]]' ''[[End of the Century]]'', and [[Joan Jett]]'s ''[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll (album)\|I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]''.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6613107.stm Photographer lives the Rock dream] BBC News. Retrieved 25 May 2011</ref><ref name="nme-anderson-2010">{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=The stunning photography of Mick Rock\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-stunning-photography-of-mick-rock-1418872\|date=10 November 2010\|website=NME}}</ref> He was the chief photographer on the films ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)\|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'', and ''[[Shortbus]]''. He also produced and directed the music videos "[[John, I'm Only Dancing]]", "[[Jean Genie]]", "[[Space Oddity]]", and "[[Life on Mars?\|Life on Mars]]" on Bowie's ''Sound and Vision'' DVD collection. He was the chief photographer on the films ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'',<ref>{{cite news \|title=Legendary music photographer Mick Rock has died, aged 72 \|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/legendary-music-photographer-mick-rock-has-died-aged-72-3099649 \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[NME]] \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="nme-obituary-3100070">{{cite news \|last1=McMahon \|first1=James \|title=Mick Rock, 1948-2021: iconic photographer who brought pop’s greatest to life \|url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/mick-rock-1948-2021-obituary-3100070 \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=NME \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref> ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)\|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'', and ''[[Shortbus]]''. He also produced and directed the music videos "[[John, I'm Only Dancing]]",<ref name="theguardian-2021/nov/19/mick-rock-dies">{{cite news \|title=Mick Rock, famed music photographer and ‘man who shot the 70s’, dies aged 72 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/19/mick-rock-music-photographer-dies-david-bowie-queen \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[the Guardian]] \|date=19 November 2021 \|language=en}}</ref> "[[Jean Genie]]", "[[Space Oddity]]", and "[[Life on Mars?\|Life on Mars]]" on Bowie's ''Sound and Vision'' DVD collection. His photo subjects include [[The Misfits (band)\|The Misfits]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Air Traffic]], [[Maxwell (musician)\|Maxwell]], [[Alicia Keys]], [[The Gossip]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Richard Barone]], [[The Killers]], [[The Scissor Sisters]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Michael Stipe]], [[Kate Moss]], [[The Yeah Yeah Yeahs]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Daft Punk]], [[Kasabian]], [[Snow Patrol]], [[Daniel Merriweather]], [[Black Keys]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[Peter, Bjorn and John]], [[MGMT]], [[Alejandro Escovedo]], [[Pete Yorn]], [[Gavin Degraw]], [[Peaches (musician)\|Peaches]], [[Fat Joe]], [[Rhymefest]], [[Nas]], [[Q-Tip (musician)\|Q-Tip]], [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Tom Stoppard]], and old friends Bowie, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Mötley Crüe, Nicos Gun, and Iggy Pop.<ref name="nme-anderson-2010"/><ref name="nme-anderson-2011">{{cite web\|access-date=2021-08-19\|title=From Iggy Pop to Janelle Monae, the stunning photography of Mick Rock\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/from-iggy-pop-to-janelle-monae-the-stunning-photography-of-mick-rock-1404179\|date=6 December 2011\|website=NME}}</ref><ref name="nme-2009">{{cite web\|access-date=2021-08-19\|title=Rockarchive - classic images from the vaults\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/rockarchive-classic-images-from-the-vaults-1411556\|date=8 January 2009\|website=NME}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|access-date=2021-08-19\|title=Raw Power: Rare Iggy Pop photos by Mick Rock\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/raw-power-rare-iggy-pop-photos-by-mick-rock-1430973\|date=5 March 2013\|website=NME}}</ref>▼ ▲His photo subjects include [[The Misfits (band)\|The Misfits]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Air Traffic]], [[Maxwell (musician)\|Maxwell]], [[Alicia Keys]], [[The Gossip]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Richard Barone]], [[The Killers]], [[The Scissor Sisters]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Michael Stipe]], [[Kate Moss]], [[The Yeah Yeah Yeahs]], [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Daft Punk]], [[Kasabian]], [[Snow Patrol]], [[Daniel Merriweather]], [[Black Keys]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[Peter, Bjorn and John]], [[MGMT]], [[Alejandro Escovedo]], [[Pete Yorn]], [[Gavin Degraw]], [[Peaches (musician)\|Peaches]], [[Fat Joe]], [[Rhymefest]], [[Nas]], [[Q-Tip (musician)\|Q-Tip]], [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Tom Stoppard]], the [[Foo Fighters]] and old friends Bowie, Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Joan Jett, Mötley Crüe, Nicos Gun, and Iggy Pop.<ref name="nme-anderson-2010"/><ref name="nme-anderson-2011">{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=From Iggy Pop to Janelle Monae, the stunning photography of Mick Rock\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/from-iggy-pop-to-janelle-monae-the-stunning-photography-of-mick-rock-1404179\|date=6 December 2011\|website=NME}}</ref><ref name="nme-2009">{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Rockarchive - classic images from the vaults\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/rockarchive-classic-images-from-the-vaults-1411556\|date=8 January 2009\|website=NME}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Raw Power: Rare Iggy Pop photos by Mick Rock\|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/raw-power-rare-iggy-pop-photos-by-mick-rock-1430973\|date=5 March 2013\|website=NME}}</ref> Rock received the Diesel U Music Legends Award for his contribution to Music in late 2006.<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=2021-08-19\|title=Diesel-U-Music Awards 2006\|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/12120/Read\|website=Music-News.com}}</ref>▼ ▲Rock received the Diesel U Music Legends Award for his contribution to Music in late 2006.<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Diesel-U-Music Awards 2006\|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/12120/Read\|website=Music-News.com}}</ref> In 2001, when Rock was preparing to release his book ''Psychedelic Renegades'', he was successful in convincing its subject Syd Barrett to autograph 320 inserts for inclusion with special edition copies. This was Barret's first promotional activity in decades, after he retired from music in the early 1970s.<ref name="cavanagh">{{cite news \|last=Cavanagh \|first=David \|title=The glory and torment of being Syd Barrett, by David Bowie, David Gilmour, Mick Rock, Joe Boyd, Damon Albarn and more... \|date=September 2006 \|location=London \|work=Uncut \|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/the-glory-and-torment-of-being-syd-barrett-by-david-bowie-david-gilmour-mick-rock-joe-boyd-damon-albarn-and-more-13127 \|accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> ==Exhibitions== ''Rock'n Roll Eye: the photography of Mick Rock'', [[Tokyo Photographic Art Museum]], 2003.<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Rock'n Roll Eye: The photography of Mick Rock\|url=http://topmuseum.jp/chi/contents/exhibition/index-885.html\|website=topmuseum.jp}}</ref> A retrospective. ''Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock'', [[Urbis\|Urbis Cultural Centre]], Manchester, UK, 2005/6.<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Rock 'n' Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock\|url=https://urbismanchester.wordpress.com/exhibitions/rock-%e2%80%98n%e2%80%99-roll-icons-the-photography-of-mick-rock/\|date=14 January 2010\|website=Urbis}}</ref> == Television == Rock was the host of ''On the Record with Mick Rock'', a documentary series on the [[Ovation (U.S. TV channel)\|Ovation channel]].<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-06-~~28 June 2021\|title=On the Record with Mick Rock : Series : Ovation Official Site\|url=http://www.ovationtv.com/series/on-the-record-with-mick-rock/\|date=18 January 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118151646/http://www.ovationtv.com/series/on-the-record-with-mick-rock/\|archive-date=18 January 2017\|website=Ovation}}</ref> The series followed Rock as he rolled across the country and met with musicians for a tour of their hometowns,<ref>{{cite web\|first1=Brian\|last1=Steinberg\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Isabella Rossellini, Mick Rock To Join Ovation TV Schedule\|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/isabella-rosellini-mick-rock-ovation-1201478312/\|date=23 April 2015\|website=Variety}}</ref> highlighting the people, places, and cultural institutions that have been integral in their lives and careers. Each episode features a performance. Guests in the first season included [[Josh Groban]], [[The Flaming Lips]] (featuring [[Wayne Coyne]] and [[Steven Drozd]]), [[Kings of Leon]], [[Patti LaBelle]], and [[Mark Ronson]]. == Film == ''Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock'' (2016) is a biographical documentary about Rock, directed by [[Barnaby Clay]], produced by [[Monica Hampton]].<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock review – picture-perfect profile\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/23/shot-the-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock-mick-rock-david-bowie\|date=23 July 2017\|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|first1=David\|last1=Ehrlich\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title='Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock' Review: David Bowie's Favorite Photographer Gets His Close-Up In Candid and Compelling Documentary\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/mick-rock-shot-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock-review-documentary-david-bowie-lou-reed-1201801203/\|date=6 April 2017\|website=IndieWire}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock\|url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/shot-the-psycho-spiritual-mantra-of-rock\|website=Time Out}}</ref><ref name="rollingstone-128680">{{cite news \|last1=Grow \|first1=Kory \|title=Mick Rock on Shooting David Bowie and His Life-and-Times Doc 'Shot!' \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/mick-rock-on-shooting-david-bowie-and-his-life-and-times-doc-shot-128680/ \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[Rolling Stone]] \|date=7 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="asifmag-mick-rock">{{cite news \|last1=Fishkind \|first1=Scott \|title=The History of Rock: An Interview with the Iconic Mick Rock \|url=https://www.asifmag.com/story/interview-with-mick-rock \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=AS IF Magazine \|date=22 July 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> ==Personal life== Rock moved to New York in the mid-1970s<ref name="nytimes-2011-rocked">{{cite news \|last1=Morris \|first1=Bob \|title=Mick Rock Survives the ’70s to Shoot Again \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/fashion/mick-rock-70s-photographer-has-new-exhibition.html \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=14 December 2011}}</ref> and lived in [[New York City]] on [[Staten Island]] with his wife, Pati Rock and their daughter.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Vora \|first1=Shivani \|title=How Mick Rock, Music Photographer, Spends His Sundays \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/nyregion/mick-rock-photographer-sunday-routine.html \|access-date=14 August 2021 \|work=New York Times \|date=24 March 242017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Heching \|first1=Dan \|title=Mick Rock, ~~2017~~Legendary Rock Photographer of David Bowie and Andy Warhol, Dead \|url=https://people.com/music/mick-rock-legendary-rock-photographer-of-bowie-and-warhol-dead/ \|website=[[PEOPLE.com]] \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|language=en \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref> He died on ~~November~~ 18, November 2021, at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Legaspi \|first=Althea \|title=Mick Rock, Photographer Behind Iconic Images of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Dead at 72 \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-rock-dead-obit-1259988/ \|website=Rolling Stone \|access-date=19 November 2021 \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref> ==Album cover photography== Line 68 ⟶ 69: * ''[[Rock and Roll Heart]]'' – Lou Reed (1976) * ''[[Timeless Flight]]'' – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (1976) * ''[[DMZ (DMZ album)\|DMZ]]'' – DMZ (1978) * ''[[We Have Come for Your Children]]'' – [[Dead Boys]] (1978) * ''[[The Candidate (album)\|The Candidate]]'' – [[Steve Harley]] (1979) Line 75 ⟶ 77: * ''[[The Blue Mask]]'' – Lou Reed (1982) * ''[[Teaser (Angela Bofill album)\|Teaser]]'' – [[Angela Bofill]] (1983) * ''[[Nightlife (Cobra Verde album)\|Nightlife]]'' - [[Cobra Verde (band)\|Cobra Verde]] (1999) * ''[[Out of the Vein]]'' – [[Third Eye Blind]] (2003) * ''[[The Quality of Mercy (album)\|The Quality of Mercy]]'' – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (2005) * ''[[Parallax (Atlas Sound album)\|Parallax]]'' – [[Atlas Sound]] (2011)<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Fitzmaurice \|first1=Larry \|title=Atlas Sound Announces New Album \|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/43632-atlas-sound-announces-new-album/ \|website=Pitchfork \|access-date=19 November 2021 \|date=24 August 2011}}</ref> * '' Cool Blue Halo: 25th Anniversary Concert '' – [[Richard Barone]] (2012) * ''[[Underneath the Rainbow (album)\|Underneath the Rainbow]]'' – [[Black Lips]] (2014) * ''[[Plastic Hearts]]'' – [[Miley Cyrus]] (2020)<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Kaufman \|first1=Gil \|title=Miley Cyrus is a Pop Queen on Dramatic ‘Plastic Hearts’ Album Cover \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/miley-cyrus-plastic-hearts-album-cover-9484634/ \|website=Billboard \|access-date=19 November 2021 \|date=16 November 2020}}</ref> Line 84 ⟶ 87: ==Publications== ''A Photographic Record 1969–1980'' (Century 22, 1995) ''Glam: An Eyewitness Account'' (foreword by Bowie) (Omnibus, 2006)<ref name="latimes-mick-rock-dies">{{cite news \|last1=Roberts \|first1=Randall \|title=David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Queen: Photographer Mick Rock captured stars of glam rock and beyond \|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-11-19/mick-rock-dies-david-bowie-photographer \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] \|date=19 November 2021}}</ref> ''Glam: An Eyewitness Account'' (foreword by Bowie) (Omnibus, 2006) ''Psychedelic Renegades / Syd Barrett'' (Genesis, 2002) ''Moonage Daydream / Ziggy Stardust'' (with Bowie) (Genesis). {{ISBN\|978-1-84403-380-5}}. Line 95 ⟶ 98: ''Classic Queen'' (Sterling, 2007). {{ISBN\|978-1-4027-5192-9}}. ''Tamashii: Mick Rock Meets Kanzaburo'' (Kabuki Theatre Photos) (Hachette Fujingaho, Japan, 2007) ''Psychedelic Renegades'' (Gingko, 2007)<ref>{{cite web\|website=Rolling Stone\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Psychedelic Renegades: Photos of Syd Barrett by Mick Rock\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/psychedelic-renegades-photos-of-syd-barrett-by-mick-rock-208416/\|date=13 September 2007}}</ref> ''Mick Rock Exposed'' (Chronicle, 2010).<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021-08-~~19 August 2021\|title=Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock 'N' Roll\|url=https://www.flavorwire.com/137025/mick-rock-exposed-the-faces-of-rock-n-roll\|website=Flavorwire}}</ref> ==DVDs== ''Punk Drunk Love: The Images of Mick Rock'' (Panoramica, 2007)<ref>{{cite news \|title=Photographer lives the Rock dream \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6613107.stm\|publisher=[[BBC News]] \|access-date=20 November 2021 \|date=10 May 2007}}</ref> ==Collections== Rock's work is held in the following permanent collection: *[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]: 2 prints (as of 15 May 2023)<ref name="npg"/> ==References== Line 119 ⟶ 126: [[Category:20th-century British photographers]] [[Category:21st-century British photographers]] [[Category:~~Album~~British album-cover and concert-poster artists]] [[Category:Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Concert photographers]]