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"MIDARO" fuses photography with painting, with
the Irish artist reworking Rock's photos of Bowie, Lou Reed,
Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry to create a series of limited edition
prints and canvas artworks.
Released on Tuesday, to coincide with what would have been
Reed's 79th birthday, they each show a woman wearing a T-shirt
adorned with one of Rock's photos of the music stars.
Rock said he had long been cautious when previously approached
for artistic collaborations.
"All he (Fin DAC) (had) to do is show them to me, that was the
deal. I had to approve of them," Rock told Reuters. "There was
nothing not to approve."
London-born Rock, often referred to as "The man who shot the
70s", first picked up a camera as a student at Cambridge
University.
He went on to photograph Bowie as Ziggy Stardust and album
covers for Syd Barrett's "Madcap Laughs", Reed's "Transformer",
Iggy and The Stooges' "Raw Power" and Queen’s "Queen II".
"It wasn't like 'I'm going to be a rock and roll photographer',"
Rock said. "These people weren’t so well known when I first met
them. It was all about age and timing."
More recently, New York-based Rock has photographed Kate Moss,
Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus.
As well as the collaborative images, which will be on show and
sale on the West Contemporary Editions platform, Rock is also
releasing a selection of photographs he snapped of Bowie, Reed,
Harry and Pop between 1969 and 1980 as well as his own art
pieces.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; editing by Emelia
Sithole-Matarise)
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