Legendary music photographer Shelia Rock worked at the iconic publication ‘The Face’ and her photographs have become pivotal in recording the powerful cultural impact punk had on British society in the late seventies. Born in America, Shelia Rock always had an interested in the arts and photography. She inherited a Nikkormat 35mm camera in her late teens, “I photographed anything and everything then.” She was a student at Boston University and subsequently at the London Film School. She has lived and worked in London since she arrived in 1970. Sheila Rock was first introduced to the world of music and photography through her ex husband, Mick Rock, who is also a well known rock photographer. She attended the David Bowie tour with him, all through America at the time when Bowie was Ziggy Stardust. In an interview she explain, “I wasn’t photographing on the tour but I was introduced to so many amazing people as you can imagine, Iggy and Lou Reed and all that New York crowd.”