osbourne. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: they all trusted him and he got the shots. >> as being mr. logical.e more like -- they were more like creatures almost than people. i saw the magic. >> reporter: rock's 40-year career began when he was 19. and it started with a few pictures of pink floyd's sid baron. ♪[ music ] that led to a meeting with david bowy in 1972. ♪[ music ] changes, turn and face the train. changes. >> magical. i think david was -- he was a master of his craft, and i learned through protocol. >> he would become bowie's private photographer and that would lead him to other up and coming rock stars. >> i was one, lucky, and, two, i had good instincts. >> reporter: divine intervention never hurts either. >> and my name, of course. you know, you know, the truth, what can i tell you? >> that really your name? >> yes. >> and that sounds like i invented it but i didn't. >> reporter: he dishd about some of his images, not all rockers. this is truman capote and andy warhol for "high times" magazine in 1979. >> and they were -- and too drunk and couldn't get into it. >> reporter: the