Photographer Mick Rock is behind some of the most iconic shots of rock legends, capturing the likes of David Bowie, Lou Reed and Blondie.

But it all gathered one thing into another.

It wasn't like We're not gonna be a rough and rude to her, David.

I mean, these people would say, Well, no when I first met, it was about age and timing entirely.

All these elements coming together now to mark 51 years in the industry, Rock is collaborating with urban artist Fin Dac on a new project, a series of limited edition prints and canvas artworks called Maduro.

And what is it that makes you have a lot of pictures of David Bowie, man?

I mean, you're like, Oh, yeah, you can take a bad picture of it.

I I figured it out before most people.

That's it was an intuitive, but I was also I thought it was.

It was an intelligence to David, even though I've been formally very educated.

And he hadn't London born Rock first picked up a camera as a student at Cambridge University.

He'd go on to shoot iconic albums for the likes of Queen Such a fertile period and especially when you get, you know, Bowie and Liberty.

I used to see them the blast and the white London and the moody and sparkly.

And, uh so, you know, I kind of fell in love with those two people.

Say you must be must be crazy about talked about And I'm not crazy about photography.

I am fascinated by altered states.

I took the only path I knew it wasn't plotted out before.

Maybe I could Maybe there was some projection this bohemian spiritual.