Rocky Schenck

Rocky Schenck (born April 18, 1955) is an American photographer and music video director. Schenck has photographed several album covers and has written and directed numerous music videos and short films. He has shot fashion, editorial and portraits for magazines such as Vogue, Jerry Cantrell, Adele, Gary Coleman, Gladys Knight, and Rod Stewart. and when he was five years old his family moved to an isolated 800-acre ranch in central Texas, near the town of Dripping Springs, where his view of the outside world came from the movies he watched on television. "Movies were the closest things to the dreams I was having", Schenck said.

Schenck majored in art at North Texas State University.

A collection of Rocky Schenck's photographs was published by the University of Texas Press in 2003. The Recurring Dream, Schenck's second book of fine art photographs, was published in 2016. Adele - "Hometown Glory" Afghan Whigs - "Gentlemen" Alice in Chains - "We Die Young"/"Them Bones"/"What the Hell Have I"/Grind"/"The Nona Tapes" Marc Anthony - "When I Dream at Night" David Arnold and David McAlmont - "Diamonds Are Forever" Barnes and Barnes - "Fish Heads"/"Soak It Up" Cindy Lee Berryhill - "Indirectly Yours" Book of Love - "Alice Everyday" Peabo Bryson - "Can You Stop the Rain" Jerry Cantrell - "My Song" Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (with PJ Harvey) - "Henry Lee" Nick Cave (with Kylie Minogue) - "Where the Wild Roses Grow" Paul Westerberg - "Love Untold" Combustible Edison - "Vertigogo" The Cramps - "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns"/"Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon" Iris Dement - "Our Town" Willy Deville - "Hey Joe" Devo - "Post-Post Modern Man" Dramarama - "Haven't Got a Clue" Gloria Estefan - "Everlasting Love"/"Party Time" Faster Pussycat - "You're So Vain" Delta Goodrem - "In This Life" Nanci Griffith - "This Heart" Emmylou Harris - "Thanks to You" Imperial Teen - "Yoo-Hoo" Jellyfish - "That Is Why" Diana Krall - "Let's Face the Music" Alison Krauss (featuring John Waite) - "Missing You" Alison Krauss and Union Station - "Maybe"/"New Favorite" Luna - "Slash Your Tires" Martika - "Coloured Kisses" Joey McIntyre - "Stay the Same" Meat Puppets - "Backwater" Joni Mitchell - "Come in from the Cold" Joni Mitchell and Seal - "How Do You Stop?" Stevie Nicks (with Sheryl Crow) - "If You Ever Did Believe" Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - "Gone, Gone, Gone"/"Please Read the Letter" Raging Slab - "Anywhere but Here"/"Bent for Silver"/"Don't Dog Me" Redd Kross - "Annie's Gone"/"Jimmy's Fantasy"/"The Lady In The Front Row" Seed - "Rapture" Sponge - "Have You Seen Mary" Lisa Stansfield - "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" Rod Stewart - "If We Fall in Love Tonight" Sugarland - "Everyday America" Donna Summer - "I Will Go with You" Supersuckers - "Born with a Tail" Van Halen - "Fire in the Hole"/"Human Beings" Billy Vera and The Beaters - "I Can Take Care of Myself" Visiting Kids - "Trilobites" Paul Westerberg - "World Class Fad" Chris Whitley - "Living with the Law" Trisha Yearwood - "Georgia Rain"