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Downtown returned to its original glory for a few hours last night at the CATM gallery in Chelsea for the first ever showing of photographer Mick Rock’s The Legend Series, consisting of artwork based on his iconic photographs. The eve brought out Lou Reed, Bob Gruen, David Zelikovsky, John Dabu, Scott Lipps, Chelsea Leyland, Lisa

For his latest show at CATM Chelsea, seminal rock photographer Mick Rock brings his iconic ’70s imagery out of hiding along with some new ones, but there’s something a little different this time around. In this new show, Rock accentuates his photographs with over-saturated and fantastic colors, much like an acid flashback or a Photoshop

Mick Rock’s early photographs (1972-1979) of David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Queen, Johnny Rotten and Debbie Harry are so iconic that they have become deeply ingrained in our social consciousness. Mr. Rock is known as “The Man Who Shot the Seventies,” but he didn’t stop working when David Bowie took off his

2012 IS THE YEAR POP GETS SMARTER, FRANKER, AND LESS FALSE. AS FIVE FEARLESS FEMALES PREPARE TO RELEASE LONG-AWAITED RECORDS, PUNK’S GURU OF GLAM, MICK ROCK, GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF THE REVOLUTION Solange Knowles doesn’t mince words. “There are a lot of songs about sex,” she says of her new album, a personal project

Exclusive: Mick Rock, ‘The Man Who Shot the Seventies,’ on David Bowie, Syd Barrett and More By Colleen Nika Between 1972 and 1979, Mick Rock shot the faces that, for many, define a pop cultural decade: David Bowie. Queen. Blondie. Iggy Pop. Syd Barrett. Through his photo and video work, he created various forms of iconic