Sheila Rock
Sheila Rock is an American-born photographer who has lived and worked in London since 1970. Known as an ‘accidental photographer’, Rock became a defining figure in music, fashion, and editorial photography.
Her work spans from the emergence of Punk and New Wave in the 1970s and 80s—photographing acts like The Cure, The Clash, and Siouxsie Sioux—to sensitive, intimate portraits of British holidaymakers and striking black-and-white portraits of horses.
Rock’s images have appeared in Time Magazine, Elle, Rolling Stone, Architectural Digest and The Sunday Times, and are included in the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection in London. Her books, including Punk: A Document of Punk 1976-1980, Sera, and Tough and Tender, chronicle both her editorial achievements and personal artistic explorations.
Her work continues to be exhibited internationally, from London and Amsterdam to Tokyo, Paris, and New York.
Sheila Rock photographed singer Sade (Helen Folasade Adu) in London in the early 1980s, capturing her distinctive presence as she emerged on the British music scene.
Taken around the time Sade formed her band in 1982, these portraits offer a glimpse of the artist at the beginning of her rise to international recognition. Rock’s photographs have since become enduring images of the singer, with examples held in the permanent collection of London’s National Portrait Gallery.
Product Details:
Limited Edition of 2/30
Silver Gelatin Print
12 × 9.5” (30.48 × 24.13 cm) paper size
Signed in ink recto
Unframed (Please not the framed image is for demonstration purposes only.)
VAT included in price.
Pickup at the Gallery is available.