Photographer: Mick Rock

The artist of this photo is Mick Rock. The title is "Iggy Pop Backbend". The media is photography. The dimensions are 512px × 729px. The date of this photo is July 15, 1972. 

Mick Rock was born 1949 in London. He attended Caius College, Cambridge and began photographing in 1966, though he was going to study literature. There he met Syd Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd and started to photograph him. Rock started to photograph many famous rock and roll legends such as Bowie and Ronson, Queen, The Sex Pistols, Roxy Music, etc. By 1972, Rock is well known for his talent of photography and captures famous photos from the 1970's movement of music. In fact, Rock is known as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies".

"Shot at Kings Cross Cinema. This set includes the background shot, which is almost as iconic as the cover photo. I have a flood of great images from this one concert, probably my all-time favorite 'live' shoot. Many years later I wrote: 'Iggy was like something caged, and very angry about it. Something dreamed up by Karl Jung. That night I was a fascinated game hunter with a loaded lens.'" -Mick Rock

Mick Rock captured this moment of Iggy Pop during a 1972 London concert showing his oddness and personality onstage.

Mick Rock's photography goes onstage and behind the scenes for famous rock stars. In particular, he shows Iggy Pop and his personality through the photo, "Iggy Pop Backbend". The viewer of this photo can not know anything about Iggy Pop and assume that he is eccentric performer just through this picture. Thanks to Mick Rock, he gives the viewers and fans of these rock and roll bands a sight of the performers lives. I chose this work because Mick Rock shows the character of Iggy Pop and is one of the best photos taken by Rock in my opinion.

Citations:
"Iggy Pop BackBend, London, 1972 - Mick Rock." Artspace. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.
 "Mick Rock - Biography." Mick Rock - Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.