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It’s nicely framed that Lou Reed began the ’70s out there alone working as a typist after leaving the Velvet Underground, and by the end of that decade he was a firmly immortalized rock star. Genesis Publications have now released a massive photo collection of photos by Mick Rock, who captured Lou Reed’s misadventures throughout [...]
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