Kevin Cummins (photographer)

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Kevin Cummins
Born1953 (age 70–71) [1]
Manchester, England
NationalityBritish
Known forPhotography
Website www.kevincummins.co.uk

Kevin Cummins (born 1953) [1] is a British photographer known for his work with rock bands and musicians. [2] [3] [4] [5] His work is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery [1] and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. [6]

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Career

Cummins studied photography at Salford College. [7] He started photographing rock bands in the mid-1970s in Manchester. [8] Cummins had a 25-year association with the NME , [9] including 10 years as their chief photographer. [10] He has photographed numerous bands and musicians. His images have been seen as a contributing factor in the rise of the Madchester and Cool Britannia scenes. [11]

Cummins was instrumental in establishing City Life, [12] Manchester's what's on guide and was a founding contributor to The Face , the style magazine where he won an award for Magazine Cover of the Year. [13]

Cummins's photographs have been used extensively in cinema and TV documentaries, including Grant Gee's Joy Division and John Dower's Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop . [14]

He worked extensively for the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester when it opened in the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He shoots regularly for the National Theatre in London, most recently for Harper Regan and Mrs. Affleck. [15]

A lifelong Manchester City F.C. supporter, [16] Cummins documented City's final season at Maine Road in the book We're Not Really Here. [17]

In 2005, British pop artist Peter Blake produced a screen print based on one of Cummins' Joy Division prints. [18]

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Awards and honours

In November 2009, Cummins was awarded an Outstanding Contribution to Music Photography award by the music industry website: Record of the Day. [31]

In 2015 Cummins was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Arts) by Manchester Metropolitan University. [32]

Collections

Cummins' work is held in the following permanent collections:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kevin Cummins - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Cummins, Kevin. "Richey Edwards". The Observer. 14 December 2008. Retrieved on 3 February 2009
  3. ↑ Savage, Jon. "Spit and polish". The Guardian . 24 September 1999. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "'My family were horrified': Unseen Sex Pistols photos to go on show in London". The Guardian. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "25 things you didn't know about The Stone Roses: NME recreates an iconic cover by Kevin Cummins". nme.com. New Musical Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2009.
  6. 1 2 Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Search Results - V&A Explore the Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rock can be a hard place - Media, News - The Independent". 27 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009.
  8. ↑ Cummins, Kevin (2007). "Closer to the birth of a music legend". theguardian.com. The Observer.
  9. ↑ "Photographer Kevin Cummins and Steven Wells honoured at music industry awards". nme.com. New Musical Express. 27 November 2009.
  10. ↑ "Wilson: a portrait". bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Biography of Kevin Cummins which appears on Red Eye's site" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Short biography on Vauxhall's Style Council website (takes quite a long time to load up)". Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  13. ↑ "Kevin Cummins". Rockarchive. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  14. ↑ "Kevin Cummins (III)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  15. ↑ "NT : What's On : Productions : Mrs Affleck". National Theatre. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  16. 1 2 "Maine Road finale charted". BBC News. 9 September 2003.
  17. 1 2 We're Not Really Here: Manchester City's Final Season at Maine Road (2003) [ ISBN missing ]
  18. ↑ "Peter Blake Love Portfolio Archived 31 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine ". Paul Stolper. Retrieved on 3 February 2009.
  19. ↑ "Juvenes: The Joy Division Photographs Of Kevin Cummins - Record Collector Magazine". 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2021.[ ISBN missing ]
  20. ↑ "Joy Division: Photographer Kevin Cummins on capturing the post-punk icons". BBC News. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  21. ↑ "Manchester: Looking for the Light Through the Pouring Rain". newstatesman.com. New Statesman. 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2021.[ ISBN missing ]
  22. ↑ "Kevin Cummins on Manchester music". The Guardian. 19 September 2009. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  23. ↑ Nightingale, Jo (2014). "Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of Manic Street Preachers by Kevin Cummins : book review". Faber & Faber. Retrieved 9 September 2021.[ ISBN missing ]
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  25. ↑ "Look back in angst". theguardian.com. 6 April 2002.
  26. ↑ "Paul Stolper Gallery". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  27. ↑ Sampson, Kevin (2009). "From Berlin to Bootle". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009.
  28. ↑ Anderson, Sarah (16 January 2012). "Beautiful Joy Division shots from Kevin Cummins' new exhibition" . Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  29. ↑ "New Order by Kevin Cummins - a new show in Manchester". The Guardian. 24 June 2014. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  30. ↑ Walters, Sarah (10 June 2014). "Never before seen photos of New Order in Manchester exhibition". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  31. ↑ "Record of the Day full list of 2009 awards". Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  32. ↑ "Kevin Cummins receives honorary degree". mmu.ac.uk. Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University. 2015.
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