Photographer Mick Rock: ‘Social media means we won’t see another Lou Reed’

By Vanessa Thorpe

 

Lou Reed Blonde With Cigarette London Spring 1974, by Mick Rock, which will feature in an auction of Rock’s images. Photograph: Mick Rock 2021

 

Veteran English photographer Mick Rock embodies the music scene of the 1970s, from his famous shots of Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Freddie Mercury, Iggy Pop and David Bowie, right down to his convenient birth surname.

 

A bystander who almost accidentally shaped the subversive look of an era, Rock is now to release images from his archive to mark the birthday of his late friend, Reed, in March.

 

The 72-year-old, who took a string of key portraits and performance shots, including the covers of the seminal Reed album Transformer and for Iggy Pop, and the Stooges’ hugely influential Raw Power, told the Observer of his regret that original young talent cannot develop together in the same way today. “The three of them, Bowie, Reed and Pop were part of a real underground movement. I called them “the terrible trio”. They had real edge, and it was fascinating to watch.”

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/31/photographer-mick-rock-social-media-means-we-wont-see-another-lou-reed

Loved 'em all....sadly I'm old enough to have seen Bowie (twice) and Reed live. ????????