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Rock Photographer MARK WEISS Schedules First Gallery Show

June 26, 2009

According to the Asbury Park Press, acclaimed rock photographer Mark Weiss — who has worked with such music luminaries as OZZY OSBOURNE, TWISTED SISTER and BON JOVI — will have his first gallery show. Weiss' provocative, dramatic and sometimes amusing work will be on display at Resorts Atlantic City through July 5.

The Boogie Nights Rock & Pop Art Gallery, which complements the casino's retro nightclub, will feature an array of Weiss' shots, his first album cover, TWISTED SISTER's "Stay Hungry", and outtakes from BON JOVI's breakthrough album, "Slippery When Wet".

Weiss began working for the notorious Osbourne after suggesting that the former BLACK SABBATH frontman dress in a pink tutu and cowboy boots for a photo shoot.

"That was for a shoot designed for Ozzy as the most athletic," Weiss said. "I came up with something funny, and it worked. It ended up on the cover of Circus, and Ozzy took me under his wing."

While shooting Osbourne and BLACK SABBATH at Live Aid in Philadelphia 24 years ago, Osbourne ran into actor Jack Nicholson. "He had the trailer next to SABBATH, and so I introduced myself and asked if I could take a few shots, and he said, "Sure.'"

Read the entire report from the Asbury Park Press.

Some of Weiss' work can be viewed below.

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