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Shot of The Daily: Rock It On A Wednesday Wednesday night ROCKED a little harder at the W Hotel Downtown for the opening of legendary photographer Mick Rock’s photo exhibition, which runs through December 28th. Betsey Johnson, Chace Crawford, Ann Dexter-Jones, Thom Filicia, Lulu Johnson, Jenne Lombardo, Bebe Buell, Lisa Raden, Liz Vap and Penn Badgley came out for a performance […]

The rain was bananas that night but still W New York Downtown was stuffed to the gills for Mick Rock’s ‘Rocked’ Exhibition and party. MichaelAngelo L’Acqua hosted the likes of Betsey Johnson, Karen O and Penn Badgley, while Mark Ronson DJed. Love that Mark’s mom Anne Dexter Jones showed up to support him. Check out

The watcher became the watched last night at the W Downtown. Legendary British music photographer Mick Rock, a star in his own right, was in jubilant spirits at the latest installment of the hotel’s Symmetry Live event and opening of his ROCKED photo exhibit. Looking every bit the icon in his trademark scarf and Ray Ban

Mick Rock Shows Off His Pretty, Pretty Pictures at the W By Michael Orell Remember that great Sean John ad Mark Ronson was in 10 years ago? The Observerloved that ad. Sure we could have asked the producer whether married life had changed him,  or “what’s next,” but all we really wanted to know was whether it was P.

The recipe for a quality rock ‘n roll photo is typically simple and standard: put a badass rock star in front of the lens and a photographer blessed with an eye for composition behind it. Let a few hours pass, a few photos develop and the whole process culminates with an image fully prepped to

By BOB MORRIS Published: December 14, 2011 COFFEE. Mick Rock, the rock ’n’ roll photographer as famous for his hedonistic lifestyle as for his iconic images of debauchery and excess, was drinking nothing more than coffee. It was 5 p.m. on a recent Tuesday, and while hotel guests drank cocktails at the lounge of the W

If you missed the opening night of  ROCKED: A Photo Exhibition By Mick Rock  at the W Hotel Downtown we have good news.  Photos from the event have been posted from online. The photos by  Jen Maler  are posted at the MetroMix New York  website and can be viewed here.

?Anyone interested in rock photography knows the name Mick Rock, and anyone interested in rock—particularly of the classic and punk varieties—is aware of his images. “I started taking pictures in late 1969,” says Rock. “The first pictures that people care about these days were probably of Syd Barrett, who was a friend of mine and

In a recent issue of Brit music mag NME, a 15-year-old music fan wrote in to the letters column earnestly lamenting that in her not-so-humble opinion, compared with the likes of Bowie, Bolan and Robert Smith, the current crop of bands all look like utter shite. Perhaps no one would be better placed to adjudicate such an

The New York Post: “Page Six” had a nice mention on Rocked and Mick this week. See the story here.