‘Photographic poet’ shot iconic images of David Bowie as well as celebrated artwork for Lou Reed, Queen and the Ramones
The music photographer Mick Rock – official photographer to David Bowie and “the man who shot the 70s” – has died aged 72.
The news was confirmed by his representative in a statement that described Rock as a “photographic poet” and “a true force of nature who spent his days doing exactly what he loved, always in his own delightfully outrageous way”.