“I was the only photographer with a true passion for the Ziggy image” – Mick Rock
“I was the only photographer with a true passion for the Ziggy image,” said Rock on his unique perspective on the character. “Was I uniquely intuitive, very lucky, or just plain spaced out? Probably a bit of all three.”was originally published as a signed, limited edition collector’s item. The book has since become a sought-after artefact among the musician’s biggest fans, largely due to the insightful annotations of David Bowie himself, which accompany 600 of Rock’s images.
On one page, for example, he sets the story of his haircut straight under an androgynous photoshoot from his flat in Haddon Hall. “I’ve read in different accounts that the Ziggy cut came from a number of different source, or was designed by a local hairdresser,” he writes. “Absolute tosh!” In reality, he explains, the cut and colour was “a complete lift” from a fashion magazine cover featuring a model in Kansai Yamamoto – a key influence on the wild maximalism of the era.
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