Art Talks | Transformer: Photographer Mick Rock in Conversation with Rolling Stone’s David Fricke

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Forty-five years ago, the album Transformer launched Lou Reed from the underground way up to Mars, with a little help from Starman Bowie. Mick Rock was there to capture Reed’s flight on film, beginning with the iconic album cover and continuing through the wild side of the seventies. In this newly published book, images from throughout the seventies chronicle Reed’s transformations from the unique perspective of a close friend. Transformer presents Reed’s choice of photographs, from the famous to the never-before-seen and showcases several of Reed’s album covers, beginning with Transformer—a lucky development that established Rock and Reed’s 40-year friendship and became one of the most iconic images of modern music. The book also features unseen outtakes, studio sessions, and spontaneous shots of friends including Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, and David Bowie.