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🙏 Happy Birthday In Heaven to legendary rock & roll photographer Leee Black Childers, seen here with Iggy Pop in 1972. Leee’s shots of people who themselves would become legends- were equal parts Irving Penn and Diane Arbus. But unlike them, Lee wasn’t just a passive lens man or historical documentarian, he was an integral figure in the varied underground movements and scenes he actually helped to create, and was personally involved in the lives of his subjects. After admiring Leee’s photos from afar in the rock ‘n’roll publications I devoured, I finally met him 1978. An errant 17-year-old, I was on the loose in New York with my constant partner-in-crime Kid Congo In 1979, Leee moved The Rockats into room 100 A at The Tropicana Motel, Hollywood’s equivalent of The Chelsea in New York. Party central, The Trop was home to Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss, Ricky Lee Jones, and for a time, The Mumps and The Cramps, as well bands from London or New York passing through. I lived just down the street, and it was there that our friendship began in earnest & laid the groundwork for a friendship that lasted decades. Rest In Power, Leee 🖤💕 #Leeblackchilders #rocknroll #Iggypop #janecounty #1970s #rocknrollphotography #bowie #RIP #punkrock #thetrpicana #rockabilly#pleasantgehman #thetropicanamotel #rocknroll