photographer mick rock: david bowie never really copied anybody /

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The ‘Man Who Shot the Seventies’ and chronicled the rise of Ziggy Stardust had a unique perspective on the career of an ‘infinitely curious’ artistFew did more to capture David Bowie’s rapid-moving path through influences and styles than Mick Rock,AKA the man who shot the 70s. The Cambridge-educated photographer, who’d cut his photographic teeth with Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett, or shot tens of thousands of frames of Bowie. Best known – and numbering around 5000 – are those from the Ziggy Stardust era,when the singer’s ability to convert and inhabit different roles was at its most extreme. Related: David Bowie: five defining looks – in pictures Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com