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PHOTOGRAPHER

Mick Rock

1948 - 2021

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Michael David Rock (born Michael Edward Chester Smith; 21 November 1948 – 18 November 2021) was a British photographer. He photographed rock music acts such as Queen, David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, T. Rex, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, Ozzy Osbourne, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, Geordie, Mötley Crüe, Blondie and Third Eye Blind. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies", he shot most of the memorable photos of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mick Rock has received more than 385,084 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Rock is the 109th most popular photographer, the 4,018th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 6th most popular British Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Mick Rock ranks 109 out of 105Before him are Ilse Bing, Sally Mann, Helen Levitt, Annemarie Heinrich, Bert Stern, and Francesca Woodman. After him are Karl Struss, Rineke Dijkstra, Sanja Iveković, Mary Ellen Mark, David LaChapelle, and Frank Hurley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Mick Rock ranks 469Before him are Nancy Kress, Enriqueta Basilio, Giuseppe Petrocchi, Marc Okrand, David H. Levy, and Richard Sinclair. After him are Pekka Vasala, Pedro Artola, Carme Riera, Rita Barberá, Mamoru Mohri, and Ștefan Birtalan. Among people deceased in 2021, Mick Rock ranks 517Before him are Moudud Ahmed, Giovanni Zucchi, Cornelius Sim, Enrique Chazarreta, Jacques Zimako, and Svante Thuresson. After him are Kinza Clodumar, Terry Cooper, Igor Zhelezovski, Mark Eaton, Tomoyasu Asaoka, and Jeannette Altwegg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mick Rock ranks 4,018 out of 7,765Before him are John Loder (1898), Christopher Cockerell (1910), Carole Shelley (1939), Theo Walcott (1989), Juliet Mills (1941), and Michael Frayn (1933). After him are William Hopkins (1793), David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Scott Speedman (1975), H. B. Warner (1876), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Thomas Campion (1567).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Mick Rock ranks 6Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Roger Fenton (1819), Cecil Beaton (1904), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), and David Bailey (1938). After him are Allan Warren (1948).

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