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Rocky Schenck is an American photographer and music video director. He 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, Rolling Stone, Time, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and others. Schenck has collaborated with personalities in the music and entertainment world. Schenck was born in Austin, Texas. In his early teens, Schenck began writing, directing and photographing short experimental films and learning still photography while shooting production stills on the sets of his movies. Schenck majored in art at North Texas State University. Encouraged by a friend, Schenck left college early and moved to Los Angeles to work with film and photography. Artists in different fields began approaching him for their projects, which led him to create a diverse portfolio of fine art, portraiture, film and theater work. A gallery owner in New York discovered Schenck's work and gave him his first photography exhibition. Since then, Schenck has continued to show in galleries around the world and his work is now included in several prestigious museum and private collections.