Happy birthday to Pat Carney of The Black Keys! 🧁

Weekend mood.

Iggy Pop #ShotByRock for Sailor Jerry in 2014

“I like the relationship between myself and the subject. That’s something that I’ve always enjoyed.” 

Mick on set with Iggy Pop
📸 Cody Smyth

“I called him Mr. Tip throughout the session, which he found amusing...”  

Happy Birthday QTip 🧁

  #ShotByRock for @playboy — NYC, 2008

“New York. The Velvet Underground. Decadance. Drugs. Kinky sex. This photograph, for whatever reason, reflects that...”

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“You want more than just a pretty picture. You want something as strong as the music. A great photo should be like a hit single, something that keeps drawing you back for another look.”

#sydbarrett #shotbyrock in 1969

Weekend plans 👄

“It’s an energy thing. At the height of the moment, I say assassin because that’s what I feel like when I’m gonna take you out. I want that feeling.”

#KateMoss #ShotByRock in NYC, 2002
KMA

“There’s no doubt she’s very talented, but she’s also, from my perspective, so divinely rock ‘n’ roll fabulous.”

. #shotbyrock for ContentMode Magazine, 2011

David is giving the spring vibes we all need. Happy Easter lovelies xx 🐰

David Bowie Official #shotbyrock in 1972

“What was once rock ’n’ roll and very disposable is now art. My vision, for better or worse, has been pure music.”

Ramones #ShotByRock in 1979

Wishing a very belated birthday to Richard O’Brien!!

#ShotByRock on set of #therockyhorrorpictureshow , 1974

“What the fuck was I going to do with my life? Be an academic like my parents wanted me to be? That’s not what I had in mind. I wanted an adventure and that I fucking got in spades.”

📸 The New York Times

Here’s to the end of the week.

Phil Lynott #ShotByRock in NYC, 1977

“There’s an art to looking back — how to celebrate the past without being entrapped by it. Photographs provide the great physical link.”

The Unholy Trio #shotbyrock in 1972

David Bowie Official Iggy Pop Lou Reed

“I think photography is as much about concealing as it is about revealing. The resolution lies in the act of freezing. The thrill is to seize the magic moment.”

@motleycrue #ShotByRock in 1986

We’re so saddened to hear of the passing of Steve Harley, lead singer of Cockney Rebel. He was a terrific artist and a dear friend. Mick took hundreds of photos of Steve over the years, including the iconic 1974 Cockney Rebel album cover “The Psychomodo.”

Steve Harley

All of us here, writing on behalf of Mick Rock are devastated by the loss of the incomparable Angela McCluskey. Rest in Peace beautiful Angela… Our hearts are with your beloved Paul and your dear family. Xx

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“I found that my photos could do all the talking for me. It became apparent that they spoke far louder than any of my words.”

Dude - London, 1972 #shotbyrock

Congratulations Seán Ono Lennon on your Oscar win!!! Well deserved. Xx

📸 Samantha Deitch