MICK ROCK x PRETTY GREEN T-SHIRT COLLABORATION

Mick recently teamed up with Pretty Green on a range of limited edition t-shirts developed from his iconic photographs of David Bowie.From Pretty Green’s press release:
This season we’ve had the pleasure of working with the legendary Rock and Roll photographer Mick Rock on a range of limited edition T-shirts developed from Mick’s iconic photographs of David Bowie.
Often referred to as “The Man Who Shot the Seventies”, most of the memorable images of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust were shot by Rock, in his capacity as Bowie’s official photographer. Being part of this Glam Rock movement meant that Mick’s lens was at the heart of a cutting edge music and fashion scene which radically transformed the culture of the times.The photos we’ve used for ‘The David Bowie Collection’ were taken in 1973 and are a mixture of performance images and those taken from the iconic saxophone session which formed part of the artwork he art directed for the ‘Pin Ups’ album. At the time Bowie’s experimentation with makeup, mime and outrageous costumes were revolutionary. They were like nothing ever seen before and inspired a whole new generation of rebels.

Here’s a look at Mick Rock x Pretty Green in the news!

British GQ
Fused Magazine
Fashion Beans
Dapper Chapper
Contact Music
Female First
TV 3
MSN Entertainment
Available online at PrettyGreen.com and at Pretty Green, 56-57 Carnaby St, London W1.

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.

I smell pictures more than I see them and I hear pictures more than I can smell them. It’s very habit forming.