SHOT! by ROCK – The visual autobiography of an icon.
SHOT! by ROCK, out November 22, 2022, is a deluxe monograph full of Mick Rock’s signature, color-saturated photography and legendary subjects, and brand new memories
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You may have heard his name - you’ve certainly seen his photos: Mick Rock, the legendary photographer who snapped the most iconic rock images of the past 50 years.
SHOT! by ROCK – The visual autobiography of an icon.
SHOT! by ROCK, out November 22, 2022, is a deluxe monograph full of Mick Rock’s signature, color-saturated photography and legendary subjects, and brand new memories from Mick to go along with them. Born in 1948 in Hammersmith, London, Michael Rock rose through the London rock scene of the late sixties
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For my sins in a former life, I’ve been forced to spend an inordinate amount of time with musicians in this life. Of course, I love them.
A camera is a wonderful ally. It requires minimal maintenance and provides entry to a world of endless imagery.
My ambition was not to be a great photographer (though that certainly would have been a worthy stance). It was a lust to embrace anything that startled or energized me.
I am not in the business of documenting or revealing personalities. I am in the business of freezing shadows and bottling auras.
Without the rock ‘n rollers, I would not have developed as an image man.
You want to shock people with a bit of mystery and beauty. That’s my favorite kind of shocking.
I’ve never felt like a voyeur, although I’ve certainly done plenty of looking!
There’s an art to looking back - how to celebrate the past without being entrapped by it. Photographs provide the great physical link.
My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn’t owned by a magazine or a record label.
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