Dallas Exhibition and Interview With 1530 Main

Mick did a fun interview with 1530 Main. Check it out HERE!

Also, don’t miss the Mick Rock: Icons Exhibition September 14–October 19 at The Public Trust in Dallas.

Artist talk and book signing at The TASCHEN Library, Thursday, September 12. 7 PM. Limited copies available; email taschen@thejouledallas to reserve yours in advance.

Mick Rock: Icons opening reception September 14 from 6–9 pm. Head to Midnight Rambler afterward for the official afterparty DJ’d by Mick Rock and Mr. Rid. The artist will also be taking a limited number of commissioned portraits in Dallas on Sunday, September 15. Email editor@1530main.com for details

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.