He representatives’ statement said: “The stars seemed to effortlessly align for Mick when he was behind the camera. “I’m not necessarily looking for a literal reality, I’m looking for something that’s got a bit of magic to it, and quite where that comes from or when that moment is you can’t prescribe.” “I am in the business of evoking the aura of the people and photographing. Rock’s process was “more of an intuitive thing rather than a heavily pre-designed thing”, he told the BBC. When I got to New York it was like Sodom and Gomorrah gone berserk! London was naughty, but nothing like New York.” “We were upsetting the straight society, and just having fun. Reed showed Rock New York’s gay underground. It was Bowie who introduced him to Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, leading to connections with the wider 70s rock scene including Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol – whom he once photographed alongside Truman Capote dressed in a Santa outfit. For the first time people started to ask, ‘Who took this picture?’” Mick wasn’t gay and the photo isn’t meant to suggest they had a thing, David was just trying to bite Mick’s guitar. “And David would talk about being bisexual and would put on lipstick and drive people crazy. “The guitar fellatio shot with Mick Ronson was an image that really got around, especially when it got to America,” Rock said. He credited a shot of Bowie simulating oral sex on Mick Ronson’s guitar as launching both of their careers. Rock met Bowie backstage at Birmingham Town Hall in the middle of the Ziggy Stardust tour, when the musician was still a cult act. It was at Cambridge that Rock started shooting the local music scene, befriending the local musician Syd Barrett – for whose debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, he shot the artwork – and Mick Jagger’s younger brother, Chris. He first picked up a camera during an acid trip, although later discovered there was no film in it. He studied medieval and modern languages at Cambridge and made headlines when he was arrested for marijuana possession at university. Michael David Rock was born in 1948 in Hammersmith. Rock also worked in film, shooting production stills for cult musicals The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the John Cameron Mitchell films Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus. He continued to shoot throughout his life, later producing album artwork for Atlas Sound (Parallax), Black Lips (Underneath the Rainbow) and Miley Cyrus (Plastic Hearts). Photograph: J Vespa/WireImage for Peoples Revolution Mick Rock with his photo of David Bowie and
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