Mick Rock

Mick Rock, known as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies", is a photographer that is responsible for creating many of the images of iconic rock bands from the seventies to present day. He is most known for shooting Queen, Joan Jett, Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, and Motley Crew. Along with these and many others, he is the main photographer for David Bowie, since meeting him in 1972.
He was hired as the main photographer of Rocky Horror's Picture Show in the late 1970s as well as touring with David Bowie, shooting him live and on location of many of his concerts. 
In recent years he has published many books on the images that he has taken of iconic rock legends. he is also working on may new things, like an exhibit in Liverpool, Berlin, New York City, Tokyo, Los Angeles, as well as Amsterdam. These exhibits include some of the old images but mainly focus on the new images that he has taken in the past few years. These subjects include Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga, the YeahYeahYeahs, The Killers, Kate Moss, and Michale Buble.
he lives in New York City with his wife Patti and  daughter Nathalie. Nathalie is a model, also shot by her dad, during New York Fashion Week in Times Square.

I think that he is a very interesting artist, as well as an influential photographer in general. He has paved the way, and was one of the firsts to be worldly recognized,for photographers today to shoot risque shots as well as shoot what they really feel. I think that his work is pretty amazing and I think that along with shooting many of the icons today, he is a legend for shooting the crazy rock stars from the 70s and 80s.
I think that he had a hard time on some of his pictures, which you can trace back to some of the events that were happening during the time that he was shooting. Like when he shot Queen II, you can tell that there is something behind the scenes of this shoot. This is because this was shortly after Freddy Mercury announced that he was dying from AIDS, and it was shortly before their release of Bohemian Rhapsody, which was a very controversial song at first.
I really admire Rock for his intuitive shots as well as how creative he is with his angle. I think that this is one of the things that has set him apart throughout the years. The way he holds his camera and sees these icons as just normal people is really awesome because it just shows them as they are, when they aren't being rock starts, or making rock history. I think that is why people connect to his shots so easily, because they are real. They bring the legends down to our level, and who doesn't like to live like icon Sydney Barrett in his messy house or sitting on top of a car.