Markus Rock was born 1962 in Solingen, Germany, and began his career in different posi­tions in the media world, such as make-up artist, stylist, pro­duc­tion designer and con­sultant, before he started to work as a pho­tog­rapher himself. After 25 years in San Francisco, Munich, Paris and Bar­celona, where he worked for numerous inter­na­tio­nal clients, such as Vivien West­wood, Harper’s Bazaar, Madame, Levi’s, MTV and Sony Music, he moved to Berlin.